A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
Ali Ibn Abi TalibRead
Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
Interpretation
Show kindness and grace even in difficult situations.
This quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining goodness and generosity, even when faced with adversity or harm. It suggests that one should respond to negativity with positivity, exemplifying the beauty of selflessness and compassion in the face of provocation or cruelty.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about resilience and positivity during challenging times.
A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for lightning to strike. Who was I, vowing calmly among all these necktied young men to steal life out of nature's jaws, every old time we got half a chance and a paycheck?... I could not accept the contract: that every child born human upon this earth comes with a guarantee of perfect health and old age clutched in its small fist.
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.
Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you.
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