Saturday, November 22, 2014
A Bedouin once said
that if authority is given to people, who are not accepted, and weapons are
given into the hands of those who do not use them, and wealth is in the hands
of those who do not spend it – then, surely, the affairs of society will be at
a loss.
Reference: Gems & Jewels by Abdul Malik Mujahid
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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Mahatma
Gandhi, was not in the habit of wearing a shirt, even during winter or
formal meetings. Surprised at this, a little boy asked him,
“Why don’t you wear a kurtha?”
“Why don’t you wear a kurtha?”
Kurtha
is a loose shirt commonly worn in India. Gandhi explained that it was
because he was poor and could not afford it. The boy readily agreed to
get a kurtha stitched, but Gandhi replied that a single kurtha was not sufficient as he had a large family. He said he needed 400 million kurthas to properly clothe his brothers and sisters.
He was clearly referring to all the poor people of India …
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“It is obliged for the bright person to use his ears twice as much in stead of his tongue and to realise that he has received two ears and just one mouth, so that he will be listening more than that he speaks.
"Rawdah Al-Uqala: 1/45
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