Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
Date: 5/8/2005 9:25:49 PM ( 19 y ago)
A strong man is not he who defeats his adversary by force, but a strong man is he who controls himself at the time of anger. Two friends are like two hands, one of which washes the other. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, a man does not believe till he likes and loves for his brother what he likes and indeed loves for himself. Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel. Among the best of you [are they] who have the best character and upright morals. God does not look at your forms and possessions, but He looks and scans your hearts and your deeds. Love for God envelopes the heart, it rules the heart and it even spreads over everything. Acquire knowledge, and thus for acquiring knowledge learn to be calm and clement. 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. 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. Patience is of two halves, one half is patience, the other half is thanking God. Fear more the sin when you are out of sight, it is where your witness is also your judge. The person I like most is the one who points out my defects. 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. I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all the types of clothes, but did not find a better suit 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. He Who created the eye of the mosquito is the One Who created the sun. Distress teaches vice. Despair is the source of misguidance; and darkness of the heart, the source of distress of the spirit. Solidarity in a society results in tranquility in all its activities, while mutual envy causes all its activities to come to a standstill. The revival of religion is the revival of the nation. The life of religion is the light of life. A person who sees the good in things has good thoughts. And he who has good thoughts receives pleasure from life. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Precaution is better than cure. Wisdom is found only in truth. Science without religion is lame. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. Two things inspire me to awe-the starry heavens above and the moral universe within. 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." Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts . Einstein |
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