A white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action.
Even as the fingers of the two hands are equal, so are human beings equal to one another. No one has any right, nor any preference to claim over another.
Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face.
The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.
A man's true wealth here after is the good he does in this world to his fellow man.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer.
Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.
Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots.
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