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Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.
I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.
One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.
In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning.
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding
Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.
We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Your own attention is important, not the attention of others or your attention on others.
Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.
The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.
Life must be rich and full of loving--it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.
Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.
It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.
My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.
Dhikr is the reason for the life of the heart and leaving it is the reason for its death.
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.
It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.
All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.
A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
But the quality of human beings is only one - and that is how much they love and forgive.
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.
It's important to remember that people are always doing the best they can, including you.
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.