Wisdom

"It took me some time to sleep last night, I lowered the temp of AC that it might help but still it took a while, while coming back from Fajr I saw a street sweeper sleeping on the road near the wall of a big house behind a parked car, it was 29C without any breeze and he was in deep sleep with snoring loud enough to be audible 10 feet away, surely our perception of things which will bestow us with peace is clouded"

"Assuming is a form of giving away your power to another regarding an outcome that concerns you."

"Be careful of what you allow your mind to dwell on. And the words that come out of your mouth."

"The result is that the same generation is in danger of growing up with 170 terabytes of knowledge and information, but not more than a few bits of wisdom."

"The resource of generational history is accorded little attention our society, which seems ever more obsessed with making “new” and “better” synonymous. From my family I became aware of the importance of passing along wisdom from one generation to the next. Yet despite the increasing proliferation of digital recording and other communication technologies, we’re passing on less knowledge today than our parents did through the oral tradition alone. We’re drowning in photographs and videos, capturing every mundane moment of our birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Yet these can be no more than pleasant distraction, only scratching the surface of our real relationships."

"Data may disappoint, but it never lies."

"Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity."

"We -humans - are wizard who turn miracles into technology."

"Fury reigns down on those who ignore in the wisdom of fear itself."

"Luck often comes to those who are brave."

"Use your strength, but always remember that any strengthmay become a weakness."

"Camouflage with a defensive grace and bounce back with joy."

"You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival; it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in, in the hope that you might be lucky, and the knife has actually been staunching the blood. You want to know the conventional medical wisdom? The conventional medical wisdom is that you keep the knife in. Really."

"Life becomes invaluable when we spend it in the service of others."

"There is only one way to happiness and that is through service."

"Happiness is the ultimate purpose of our life and you find it in service."

"The moral purpose of every human life should be to attain happiness through service to humanity."

"I believe it is the responsibility of each of us to pass on whatever we have learned in our time here. If I reach enlightenment after meditating in a cave for 10 years, but do not pass on this teaching and it dies with me, this was a wasted life. I believe we are here to help one another, and each of us has a unique wisdom that we should do our best to convey to others."

"A Sufi has a right to be served, but he has no right to demand. Maruf Karkhi of Khorasan"

"Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature. Rely on your own body for transportation. Allow your work and your recreation to be one and the same. Do exercise that develops your whole being and not just your body. Listen to music that bridges the three spheres of your being. Choose leaders for their virtue rather than their wealth or power. Serve others and cultivate yourself simultaneously. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving problems of life in a way that is harmonizing to yourself and to others. If you can follow these simple old ways, you will be continually renewed."