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1. You can give a person knowledge, but you can't make them think. Some people want to remain fools, only because the truth requires change.


Tags: Knowledge | Fool | Fake Happy | Denial | Deny | Truth | Change | Changing the Topic |
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2. When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays for him (for the deceased).
[Sahih Muslim 1631]


Tags: Knowledge | Daughter | Islamic Quotes about Family | Charity | Prayer | Quotes for a Son | Hadith |
3. And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
Quran: 30:21
- God


Tags: Love | Allah | Relationship | Knowledge | Soulmate | Nikah | Created | Tranquility | Affection | Mercy | Quran |
4. Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him.
[Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2646]


Tags: Easy | Jannah Paradise | Knowledge | Path | Hadith |
5. "And they ask you (O Muhammad SAW) concerning the Ruh (the Spirit); Say: "The Ruh (the Spirit): it is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little."
[Quran-17:85]
- God


Tags: Nafs | Soul | Soul Searching | Spirit | Knowledge | Quran |
6. Quran Chapter 91
(7) "and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it"
(8) "and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety,"
(9) "those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness"
- God


Tags: Nafs | Soul | Lord | Knowledge | Evil | Piety | Pure | Happiness | Quran |

7. The path to the Truth is a labour of the heart, not of the head. Make your heart your primary guide! Not your mind. Meet, challenge and ultimately prevail over your nafs with your heart. Knowing your ego will lead you to the knowledge of God.


Tags: Nafs | Truth | Heart | Mind | Challenge | Ego | Knowledge | Lord |
8. If you don't come out of this quarantine with
- a new skill
- your side hustle started
- more knowledge
You never lacked time, you lacked discipline.


Tags: Corona Virus | Soft Skills | Hustle | Knowledge | Time Management | Time Passing | Waste of Time | Discipline |
9. It's sad how some people are so jealous and intimidated by you that they only have negative things to say when they know absolutely nothing about you.


Tags: Backbiting | Jealousy | Intimidating | Negativity | Knowledge | Haters |
10. What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.


Tags: Backbiting | Gossip | Talking Too Much | Rumor | Confused | Knowledge | Wise |
11. A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.


Tags: Uncertainty | I Dont Know | Knowledge | Shut Up | Tongue | Rumor | Gossip | Wise | Wisdom |
12. Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.


Tags: Uncertainty | I Dont Know | Crucial | Answer | Knowledge | Wise |
13. Knowledge is not necessarily wisdom.


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14. If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.


Tags: Knowledge | Unnecessary | Discussion | Disagreement | Scholar | I Dont Know |
15. The hustle brings the dollar.
The experience brings the knowledge.
The persistence brings success.


Tags: Hustle | Money | Make it Happen | Experience | Knowledge | Perseverance |
16. I’m a great dad because I know what it’s like not to be a good dad.


Tags: Father | Parenting | Raising Children | History | Past | Abuse | Knowledge |
17. Turning 40 is often a big symbolic point in one's life. In the 20s we feel we can do anything, but as the 30s progress we become more mature emotionally, and in terms of work tend to focus. These two things combined: emotional maturity and career focus, often produced an explosion of self-purpose in our 40s.


Tags: Turning 30 | Turning 40 | Old Age | Wisdom | Knowledge | Experience | Career | Focus | Self Learning |
18. Lory Quotes:
I’m older than you, and must know better.


Tags: Alice in Wonderland | Old Age | Wisdom | Experience | Knowledge |
19. To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of shit.


Tags: Bullshit | Knowledge | Science | Scientific | Ignorance |
20. Knowledge is knowing that a Tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.


Tags: Knowledge | Wisdom | Funny Gardening |
21. Everything worth knowing can be found in nature.


Tags: Garden | Nature | Overthinking | Knowledge |
22. It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.


Tags: Reddit | Tree | Knowledge | Principles |
23. You can give a person knowledge, but you can't make them think. Some people want to remain fools, only because the truth requires change.


Tags: Knowledge | Fool | Fake Happy | Denial | Deny | Truth | Change | Changing the Topic |
24. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.


Tags: Art | Teacher | Joy | Creative | Knowledge | Teachers Day |
25. Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today


Tags: Tolerance | Arguments | Relationship | Self Learning | Demeaning | Teacher | Experiential Learning | Learning Curve | Learning | Disapproval | Walk In My Shoes | I Dont Know | Knowledge | Etiquette |
26. Wealth is not in money. Wealth lies in men. This is where true power lies, the power we value. This is what has convinced us to direct all our resources to build the individual, and to use the wealth which God has provided us in the service of the nation.


Tags: Wealth | Money | Learning | Knowledge | Nation |
27. The real asset of any advanced nation is its people, especially the educated ones, and the prosperity and success of the people are measured by the standard of their education.


Tags: Education | Knowledge | Illiteracy | Standards | Nation |
28. We can only enjoy the game when we master its techniques.


Tags: Business | Knowledge | Experience | Game |
29. Knowitall is the person who prides themselves on the vast knowledge of a variety of subjects.
Indeed they could be smart, or a storehouse of useless or incorrect trivia.
regardless, they have a hard time participating in conversations without appearing to be a show off.


Tags: Know It All | Showing Off | Conversation | Public Speaking | Pride | Bookish Knowledge | Knowledge |
30. The best way to handle a know it all is to take a curious subordinate role.
interact by asking “how” or “What” questions.
tap into their knowledge. it feeds the ego of the know it all, And potentially it allows them to change their position or point of view as they are explaining something to you.
avoid the “why“ questions as they may be perceived as a challenge.
remember to thank a know it all for their contribution.


Tags: Know It All | Curiosity | Submissive | How To | What If | Knowledge | Ego | Change | Perspective | Why | Challenge | Thanks | Annoying People | Toxic People | Stupid People |