"Do not force your children to behave like you, for they have been created for a time which is different to your time." – Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 399

 

"Do not force your children to behave like you, for they have been created for a time which is different to your time." – Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 399

Arabic:
لَا تُكْرِهُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ عَلَى آدَابِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ مَخْلُوقُونَ لِزَمَانٍ غَيْرِ زَمَانِكُمْ.
— نهج البلاغة، الحكمة ٣٩٩

"The word of wisdom is the lost property of the believer; he has the right to it wherever he finds it." – Al-Kafi, V1, p.39 Arabic: كَلِمَةُ الحِكْمَةِ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَحَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا. — الكافي، ج ١، ص ٣٩

 

"The word of wisdom is the lost property of the believer; he has the right to it wherever he finds it." – Al-Kafi, V1, p.39

Arabic:
كَلِمَةُ الحِكْمَةِ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَحَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا.
— الكافي، ج ١، ص ٣٩

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." - Ghurar al-Hikam

 "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." - Ghurar al-Hikam

مَنْ لَهُ أَلْفُ صَدِيقٍ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ صَدِيقٌ يُفْضِلُ، وَمَنْ لَهُ عَدُوٌّ وَاحِدٌ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.
— غرر الحكم