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Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.

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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Acceptance Blessing Generosity
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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Action Goodness Important Purpose
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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Body Man Philosophy Sin
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Body Far Force Soul Spiritual
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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Easy Live Necessary
In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Generous Yourself
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World
Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Improvement Myself Progress Teaching
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Book Evidence Lie Writing
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.

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