A Man Is Great By Deeds, Not

What Vice Could Be Worse Than Covetousness? What Is More Sinful Than Slander? For One Who Is Truthful, What Need Is There For Austerity? For One Who Has A Clean Heart, What Is The Need For Pilgrimage?.

The Earth Is Supported By The Power Of Truth; It Is The Power Of Truth That Makes The Sun Shine And The Winds Blow; Indeed All Things Rest Upon Truth.

The Fragrance Of Flowers Spreads Only In The Direction Of The Wind. But The Goodness Of A Person Spreads In All Direction.

One Whose Knowledge Is Confined To Books And Whose Wealth Is In The Possession Of Others, Can Use Neither His Knowledge Nor Wealth When The Need For Them Arises.

Brass Is Polished By Ashes; Copper Is Cleaned By Tamarind; A Woman, By Her Menses; And A River By Its Flow.