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Pearls of Wisdom

• Quotes: Saadi Shirazi

• Slide: Sefer Jan

Rich & Poor

• The beloved of the God are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

Difficult & Easy

• Have patience. All things are difficult, before they become easy.

Fear & God

• I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear Him not.

Rose & Thorn

• The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Enemy & Friend

• An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

Body & Spirit

• When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Prosperity & Adversity

• A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted the adversity.

Little & Great

• A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal.

Heart & Eye

• Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

Know & Practice

• Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Thank You ;-)

• Quotes: Saadi Shirazi

• Slide: Sefer Jan