Do not permit yourself to submit to vain desires or to prefer the pleasures of this world such that your faith gets corrupted and cannot be reformed and your soul loses and does not gain
Be cautious of the vain desire that pulls the souls down, dropping them [to the lowest levels], and causes them to become more distanced from [the place of] success [and prosperity]
If you do not restrain your soul from many of the things that you love out of fear of its displeasure, then vain desires will drive you towards a lot of harm
He (a) said about the one whom he was censuring: His [lower] self dominates him by means of that which he assumes, and he cannot overpower it with what he is certain ofHe has made his vain desire his master and he obeys it in all his affairs
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
فِي طَاعَةِ الْهَوَى كُلُّ الْغَوَايَةِ
In succumbing to vain desire there is every [form of] deviation
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
قَدْ ضَلَّ مَنِ انْخَدَعَ لِدَوَاعِي الْهَوَى
Indeed the one who is deceived by the temptations of [his] vain desire has gone astray
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ قَوِيَ هَوَاهُ ضَعُفَ عَزْمُهُ
One whose vain desire is strong, his resolve becomes weak
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ وَافَقَ هَوَاهُ خَالَفَ رُشْدَهُ
Whoever agrees with his vain desire opposes his rectitude [and reason]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ رَكِبَ هَوَاهُ زَلَّ
Whoever embarks on his vain desire slips
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ فَعَلَ مَا شَاءَ لَقِيَ مَا سَاءَ
One who does as he wishes meets that which displeases him
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ رَكِبَ الْهَوَى أَدْرَكَ الْعَمَى
Whoever embarks on vain desire is afflicted by blindness
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ أَطَاعَ هَوَاهُ بَاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ
Whoever yields to his vain desire has sold his Hereafter for his worldly life
Do not incline towards your ignorant people (or your ignorance) and do not follow your vain desires, for indeed the one who alights at this stop is on the brink of a collapsing bank.