Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

No nation respects a beggar.

Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first and last, maker and owner of the universe.

... and we will test you with evil and with good; and unto us shall ye be brought back.

Four characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously and when he quarrels he abuses.

Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among our friends and an armor against enemies.