Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.

The sciences of only one nation, the Greeks, have come down to us, because they were translated through Al-Ma'mun's efforts. He was successful in this direction because he had many translators at his disposal and spent much money in this connection.

Habits are qualities of the soul.

All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.

When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice... If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease utterly to make an effort. This leads to destruction and ruin of civilization.