“A wise person is one who watches over himself and restrains himself from that which is harmful and strives for that which will confront him after death; and a foolish one is he who gives rein to his cravings and seeks from Allah the fulfillment of his vain desires.”
“It is part of the excellence of a person’s Islam that he should eschew that which is of no benefit to him.”
- Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam)
Wisdom Shared III
March 11, 2008 at 11:00 pm (All Quotes)
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New Year’s Balance Sheet
December 31, 2007 at 11:43 pm (All Blogs, All Personals)
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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey
I have come to the realization that no matter how much we try to be humble and appreciative of life and God’s many blessings, there’s always much room for improvement.
There are many ways to be appreciative and one great way would be to not be wasteful and rather resourceful. Sure, all of us try to save money here and there but I believe that we can all try a bit harder and put the money saved towards good use.
I have always tried to be conscious about my spending habits, yet like most I am quite aware the moments that I have slipped in the past and possibly splurged when not necessary.
I certainly don’t believe in dramatic changes in lifestyle as all that will do is crash and burn just like a bad diet. So my plans to improve will be on much smoother scale, which will still have a high impact.
In the following posts, I will express my sincere plans to analyze my lifestyle, spending habits and further improve everything and put the saved dollars to greater use. I will then research great ways to save money and be more resourceful and share them.
As this train of thought has coincided with the last day of the year 2007, I am quite grateful for the enlightenment and will be happy to call it a resolution. After all, just because we have been blessed with money doesn’t mean we should be wasteful. Whether for retirement or even a noble cause, there’s much that can be saved and used towards greater purposes.
Loba
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin
Goodwill and Humanity
December 27, 2007 at 10:02 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro
“Peace on earth, the quiet wish of every heart, the focus of each prayer, is that this season be the start of goodwill everywhere.” – Unknown
“All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.” – Jean Paul Richter
“There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.” – Michel de Montaigne
“We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.” – Wangari Maathai
“Fear makes us feel our humanity.” Benjamin Disraeli
“Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes – goodwill among men and peace on earth.” – Albert Einstein
“Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.” James A. Garfield
“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.” – Oscar Wilde
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity…” – Marie Curie
“We cannot despair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.” – Albert Einstein
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man’s sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.” – Albert Schweitzer
Grace and Kindness
December 26, 2007 at 9:44 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephan Grellet
“Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house… let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness.” – Mother Teresa
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you’re beyond the need of God’s grace.” – Unknown
“I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.” – Edward Everett Hale
“Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.” – Dalai Lama
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution.” – Kahlil Gibran
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” – Mother Teresa
“Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.” – Jackie Windspear
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” – Confucius
“Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
“In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.” – Alice Abrams
“Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.” – Karl Barth
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo F. Buscaglia
“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.” – Og Mandino
“Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” – Seneca
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama
“Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.” – Unknown
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
“The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you.” – Unknown
“Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.” – Martin Luther
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu
“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” – Blaise Pascal
Life and Purpose
December 19, 2007 at 7:11 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett
“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.” – Unknown
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” – Flora Whittemore
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.” – Unknown
“The most important things in life aren’t things.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” – Alex Tan
“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John N. Mitchell
“Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.” – Albert Einstein
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Unknown
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.” – Byrd Baggett
“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” – Horace
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
Pain and Suffering
December 17, 2007 at 4:55 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“To become a spectator of one’s own life is to escape the suffering of life.” – Oscar Wilde
“The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.” – Thomas Merton
“The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.” – Confucius
“If you suffer, thank God! — it is a sure sign that you are alive.” Elbert Hubbard
“But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.” – Paulo Coelho
“He who suffers much will know much.” – Greek proverb
“Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.” – Horace
“Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.” – Thomas Fuller
“Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.” – Aristotle
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” – Ben Okri
Morals and Ethics
December 17, 2007 at 12:36 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.” – George Bernard
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Morals are private. Decency is public.” – Rita Mae Brown
“When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.” – Herbert Hoover
“Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a meance to society.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Morals are an acquirement – like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis – no man is born with them.” – Mark Twain
“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Morals, however, remain invaluable: they reveal, at least for those who know, the most valuable realities of cultures which did not know enough to “understand” themselves. At all times they have wanted to “improve” men: this above all was called morality.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne
“If a man is good in his heart, then he is an ethical member of any group in society. If he is bad in his heart, he is an unethical member. To me, the ethics of medical practice is as simple as that.” – Dr. Elmer Hess
“Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.” – Wayne Dyer
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” – Albert Camus
“Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.” – Edward Hennessy
“Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” – D.H. Lawrence
“Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is ‘shila’, or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.” – Dalai Lama
The absolute love
December 16, 2007 at 8:45 am (All Blogs, All Personals, All Reviews)
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If I ever need watch a movie, to feel reassured of the beauties of life, love and all the blessings we’ve been given in this world, I’d only pick one movie. The Notebook.
The sincerity and the amazing way that genuine love is portrayed in this movie, is absolutely amazing.
The beauty of deep and absolute devotion, passion and love where nothing and noone else matters and they are with each other for all eternity is truly stunning.
Loba








