Tuesday, December 11, 2007

[Ayyuha'l Walad Al-Muhib] Action

Assalamualaikum wbt and hye...

My examinations are commencing tomorrow. (Yup,this is typed in between xm preparations.) Tomorrow will be my Chinese Ab Initio written exam. I really hope that Allah will bless our mujahadah and help us along His way...

Okay, time for another advice from Imam Ghazali.

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Ninth Counsel

Action

My dear son,

Knowledge without action is insanity, and action without knowledge is vanity. Know that knowledge today will not distance you from sins, nor bring you into obedience, nor distance you fromthe fire of Hell tomorrow. If you do not act today and do not derive lessons from your past days, you will say on the Last Day: "Return us to our previous life and we will do good deeds, " and it will be said to you: "O fool, it is from there that you have come."

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So, act before its too late.



"Never confuse movement with action."
(Ernest Hemingway)

"Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both."
(John Andrew Holmes)

"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action."
(Frank Tibolt)

"The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action."
(John Dewey)

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