Umar Quotes
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I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
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There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
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Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
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Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.
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To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.
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Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
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No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future
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When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
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Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.
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For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
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The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.
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He who does not live in the way of his beliefs starts to believe in the way he lives.
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The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.
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Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.
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As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth.
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Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
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Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future
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A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.
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Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.
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Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.
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Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.
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The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.
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Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
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He who does now know evil will fall into it.