Sunday, April 04, 2004

A strong man is not he who defeats his adversary by wrestling, but a strong man is he who controls himself at the time of anger.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

Love for God envelopes the heart, it rules the heart and it even spreads over everything.
Imam Ghazzali

Two friends are like two hands, one of which washes the other.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

By Him in Whose hand my soul is, a man does not believe till he likes for his brother what he likes for himself.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

Among the best of you [are they] who have the best character.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

God does not look at your forms and possessions, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace)

Science without religion is lame.
Einstein

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Einstein

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
Einstein

Two things inspire me to awe-the starry heavens above and the moral universe within.
Einstein

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of "humility."
Einstein

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Einstein

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Einstein

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
Einstein

Acquire knowledge, and for acquiring knowledge learn to be calm and clement.
Caliph Umar

Everyone is in the world as a guest, and his money is but a loan. The guest must go sooner or later and the loan must be returned.
Ibn Masud

Know that patience, if viewed against one's affairs is like the head to the body. If the head leaves the body the whole body will be spoiled, likewise, if patience leaves, all affairs will be spoiled.
Caliph Ali

Patience is of two halves, one half is patience, the other half is thanking God.
Ibn Masud

Fear more the sin when you are out of sight, it is where your witness is also your judge.
Caliph Ali

The person I like most is the one who points out my defects.
Caliph Umar

Intention is the measure for rendering actions true, so that, where intention is sound, action is sound, and where it is corrupt, then action is corrupt.
Imam an-Nawawi

I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
Caliph Umar

He Who created the eye of the mosquito is the One Who created the sun.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Distress teaches vice. Despair is the source of misguidance; and darkness of heart, the source of distress of the spirit.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Solidarity in a society results in tranquility in all its activities, while mutual envy causes all its activities to come to a standstill.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The revival of religion is the revival of the nation. The life of religion is the light of life.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

A person who sees the good in things has good thoughts. And he who has good thoughts receives pleasure from life.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

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