D. 200), and other sources, will be
found to be quite as sagacious as the aphorisms of the most celebrated
philosophers of India and Greece:
This world is like an ante-chamber in comparison with the world to come;
prepare thyself in the ante-chamber, therefore, that thou mayest enter
into the dining-room.
Be humble to a superior, and affable to an inferior, and receive all men
with cheerfulness.
Be not scornful to any, nor be opposed to all things; for there is no
man that hath not his hour, nor is there anything which hath not its
place.
Attempt not to appease thy neighbour in the time of his anger, nor
comfort him in the time when his dead is lying before him, nor ask of
him in the time of his vowing, nor desire to see him in the time of his
calamity.[96]
[96] "Do not," says Nakhshabi, "try to move by persuasion the
soul that is afflicted with grief. The heart that is
overwhelmed with the billows of sorrow will, by slow
degrees, return to itself."
Hold no man responsible for his utterances in times of grief.
Who gains wisdom? He who is willing to receive instruction from all
sources. Who is rich? He who is content with his lot. Who is deserving
of honour? He who honoureth mankind. Who is the mighty man? He who
subdueth his temper.
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