Arabian Wisdom Part 3
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FLAUNTING KINDNESS
To carry a heavy rock to the summit of a mountain is easier than to receive a kindness which is flaunted.
The bane of a generous action is to mention it.
It is better to refuse a kindness than to be reminded of it.
I would not accept the whole world if I were to suffer the humiliation of being constantly reminded of the gift.
To bestow and flaunt a kindness, and to be stingy and refuse to do an act of kindness, are equally bad.
When you do a kindness hide it, and when a kindness is done to you proclaim it.
Do good, and throw it into the sea.
KNOWLEDGE
_Koran_. O G.o.d, increase my knowledge. Are they who know and they who know not equal?
He who has been given wisdom has been given a great good.
What ye have been given of knowledge is only a small part.
Above a learned man there is one more learned.
_Traditions_. Learned men are trustees to whom G.o.d has confided mankind.
Stars are the beauty of the heavens, and learned men are the ornament of a people.
Angels bend down their wings to a seeker of knowledge.
_Proverbs_. The rank of the learned is the highest of all ranks.
If learning does not give wealth it will give esteem.
Knowledge increaseth the honour of a n.o.bleman, and bringeth men of low degree into the houses of kings.
A seat of learning is a garden of heaven.
Forgetfulness is the bane of knowledge.
It is difficult for a man to know himself.
Knowledge is a lamp from which men light their candles.
A mind without education is like a brave man without arms.
Kings govern men, and learned men govern kings.
That day in which I have learned nothing, and in which I have added nothing to my knowledge, is no part of my life.
He who seeks learning without study will attain his end when the raven becomes grey with age.
To every n.o.ble horse a stumble, and to every learned man an error.
Knowledge does not save from error, nor wealth from trouble.
The owner of the house knows best what is in it.
SPECULATIVE STUDIES
All speculative research ends in perplexing uncertainty.
I sought in the great sea of theoretical learning a bottom on which to stand--and found nothing but one wave das.h.i.+ng me against another.
After a lifetime of research and learning, I ama.s.sed nothing but such phrases as: "It is said," or "They say."
O erring reason, I am sick of thee! I take a single step and thou movest a whole mile away from me.
The object sought in abstruse study is either a truth which cannot be known, or a vain thing which it is useless to know.
THOUGHTS, DOUBTS
Most thoughts are wishes.
The thoughts of the wise are more trustworthy than the convictions of fools.
Do not confuse opinions with certainties.
If you are doubtful of a thing let it alone.
Remove doubts by enquiry.
A thing that is heard is not like a thing that is seen.
Do not believe all that you hear.
It is not wise to be sure of a thing only because you think so.
Where there is much difference of opinion it is difficult to know the truth.
To think well of others is a religious duty.
He who thinks well of others is a happy man.
Arabian Wisdom Part 3
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