v As the body becomes tired, the heart becomes tired too. You should therefore search for beautiful sayings to keep your b...
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As the body
becomes tired, the heart becomes tired too.
You should therefore search for beautiful sayings to keep your body, mind and spirit healthy and happy.
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He who does
not know his own worth is ruined.
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The worth of
every man is in his accomplishment.
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The worth of a
man is according to his courage, his truthfulness is according to his balance
of temper, his valour is according to his self-respect, and his chasteness is
according to his sense of shame.
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A
self-respecting person never commits adultery.
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He who puts
himself in condition of ill repute should not blame those who entertain bad
ideas about him
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If a person
has good idea about you, make his idea be true.
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It is enough
for your own discipline that you refrain from what you dislike from others.
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Loving one
another is half of wisdom.
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The most
unfortunate of all men is he who cannot find a few friends during his lifetime,
but still more unfortunate is he who finds one but loses him (because of his
behaviour).
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Treat people
in such a way and live amongst them in such a manner that if you die they weep
over you and if you live they crave for your company.
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Through change
of circumstances, mettle (bravery) of man is known.
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To keep silent
when you can say something wise and useful is as bad as propagating foolish and
unwise thought.
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If you want to
remove evil from the minds of others, then first give up evil intentions
yourself.
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If you are
wished and saluted then return the wish in the most appropriate manner, if you are
favoured then repay the obligation manifold: but he will always excel in merit
who takes the initiative.
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Blindness of
eyes is better than the blindness of mind.
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Keep in
company of people of virtue; you will become one of them. Keep aloof from people of vice; you will
remain safe from them.
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A man can be
valued through his sayings.
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One who seeks
advice learns to recognise mistakes.
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As long as
your position is good, your defects will be hidden from the eyes of the world.
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A man’s worth
depends on the nobility (dignity) of his aspirations/goals.
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The most
complete gift of God is life based on knowledge.
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The best of
men is he who benefits others.
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Speech is like
medicine; a small dose of which cures and excess kills the patient.
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The chief aim
of wisdom is to admit one’s ignorance.
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The wise aims
at perfection.
v To be good to the
good is goodness in its highest sense.
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The choicest
work of man is to associate with the virtuous.
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Live with your
body in this world and with your faith work for the next
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The strongest
of men is he who subdues (calms) his passion.
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How
incongruous to have a sickly spirit and a handsome body.
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To fight
against one’s own desires is highest wisdom.
v Fear none but your
own sin.
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The dead
supply lessons for the living.
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He is a true
adviser who points out your mistakes.
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One’s
behaviour is the index of one’s mind.
v Let good deeds be
your companions and desires your enemies.
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Care for your
parents and your children will care for you.
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He who bears
tales to you certainly bears tales about you.
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In
overwhelming difficulties a man’s greatness is disclosed.
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Prosperity
consists not in the increase of money and children, but in growth of virtue and
development of patience.
v Minds are locked-up
stores, only questions open them.
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The real
gainer is he who checks the items of his own life.
v There are two kinds
of people. Those who have the same
religion as you have, they are brothers to you; and those who have religions
other than that of yours, they are human beings like you.
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Knowledge is
better than wealth. Knowledge guards you while you have
to guard wealth. Wealth decreases
by spending while knowledge increases by spending, and the results of wealth
die as wealth decay. With it a man
acquires obedience during his lifetime and a good name after his death. Knowledge is a ruler while wealth is ruled
upon.
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Acquire
knowledge, because he who acquires it, in the way of the Lord, performs an act
of piety; who speaks of it praises the Lord; who seeks it, adores God, who
dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting
objects, performs an act of devotion to God.
Knowledge enables its possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from
what is not; lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our
companion in solitude, our companion, when bereft of friends; it guides us to
happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our ornament in the company of
friends; it serves as an armour against our enemies. With knowledge, the creatures of Lord rise to the heights of goodness and
to noble position, associates with the sovereigns in this world and
attains the perfection of happiness in the next.
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There is no
greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, no greater
heritage than culture, and no greater friend and helpmate than consultation.
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Whoever wants
to be a leader and a guide should educate himself before educating others;
before teaching morality to others, he should improve his own morals and
character.
v Whoever educates
himself and improves his own morals and character is superior to the person who
tries to teach and train others.
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A man without
mind is not a man and a mind without religion is worse than the instinct of a
beast, more harmful, more dangerous and more carnivorous. Devotion without
understanding will not bring blessings of God; it is useless.
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Success is the
result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and
planning and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secret to
yourself.
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I wonder at
the proud man who was just a drop of semen the other day and will turn into a
corpse tomorrow. I wonder at the man who
doubts existence of God although he sees His creations. I wonder at him who has forgotten death
although he sees people dying. I wonder
at him who denies the second life although he has seen the first life. I wonder at him who inhabits this transient
abode but ignores the ever-lasting abode.
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When a
community is composed of really honest, sober and virtuous people then your
forming bad opinion about any one of its member when nothing wicked has been
seen of him is a great injustice to him; on the contrary in a corrupt society,
to form good opinion of anyone out of those people and trust him is doing harm
to yourself.
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One who
assents or subscribes to the actions of group or party is as good as if he has
committed the deed himself. A man who
joins sinful deeds makes himself responsible for twofold punishment, one for
doing the deed and the other for assenting or subscribing to it.
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In man there
is a piece of flesh attached to him. It
is the heart. It has wisdom and things
contrary to wisdom. If he sees a ray of
hope, eagerness humiliates it and when eagerness increases, greed ruins
it. If disappointment overtakes it,
grief kills it. If anger rises in it, a
serious rage develops. If it is blessed
with pleasure, it forgets to be cautious.
If it becomes fearing, it becomes heedless. If peace extends all round, it becomes
neglectful. If it earns wealth, freedom
from ease puts it in the wrong. If
trouble befalls it, impatience makes it humble.
If it faces starvation, distress overtakes it. If its eating increases, heaviness of stomach
pains it. Thus, every shortness is
harmful to it and every excess is injurious to it.