Contentment recompenses respect in the world. To think that people should hold us exalted, is just inclination toward temporal love.

Contentment recompenses respect in the world. To think that people should hold us exalted, is just inclination toward temporal love.

He who desires worldly honor must avoid three things: To express one’s need to the created beings; to search sins of others; to accompany with the guest of others.

He who desires worldly honor must avoid three things: To express one’s need to the created beings; to search sins of others; to accompany with the guest of others.

Sorrow is a king who, when he dwells in a place, does not consent to have anyone dwelled there with him.

Sorrow is a king who, when he dwells in a place, does not consent to have anyone dwelled there with him.

Three jobs are very difficult to perform:

(1) generosity in poverty;

(2) truthfulness in the state of fear;

(3) piety in solitude.

Three jobs are very difficult to perform:

(1) generosity in poverty;

(2) truthfulness in the state of fear;

(3) piety in solitude.

Water as long as it flows, remains clean; when it stagnates, it gets dirty and turns into mud.

Water as long as it flows, remains clean; when it stagnates, it gets dirty and turns into mud.