A Pearl of Wisdom from Sufyān al-Thawrī’s Mother

Sufyān al-Thawrī’s mother said to him:

يَا بُنَيَّ؛ اطْلُبْ الْعِلْمَ وَأَنَا أَكْفِيكَ بِمِغْزَلِي

“O my son, seek knowledge! I will suffice your needs with my spinning wheel.”

(al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 249)