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“Without Knowledge, action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.”
― Abu Bakr

“He who does not live in the way of his beliefs starts to believe in the way he lives.”
― Umar ibn Al-Khattab

“Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.”
― Umar ibn Al Khattab

“We were the most humiliated people on earth and God gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, God will humiliate us again.”
― Umar ibn Al-Khattab

“Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.”
― Rumi, Hush, Don't Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi

“Woman is the light of God.”
― Rumi

“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Anak lelaki tak boleh dihiraukan panjang, hidupnya ialah buat berjuang, kalau perahunya telah dikayuhnya ke tengah, dia tak boleh surut palang, meskipun bagaimana besar gelombang. Biarkan kemudi patah, biarkan layar robek, itu lebih mulia daripada membalik haluan pulang.”
― Hamka, Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck

“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”
― Rumi

“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:

"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.
2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.
3. Knowledge of Astronomy: Nil.
4. Knowledge of Politics: Feeble.
5. Knowledge of Botany: Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology: Practical but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
7. Knowledge of Chemistry: Profound.
8. Knowledge of Anatomy: Accurate but unsystematic.
9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature: Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“Tujuan pendidikan itu untuk mempertajam kecerdasan, memperkukuh kemauan serta memperhalus perasaan”
― Tan Malaka

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.”
― General Iroh