However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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