1. He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if
the trail has to be found again by others; and he
who walks far ahead of his contemporaries is a leader,
even though centuries pass before he is recognized as such.
Ibn Khaldun
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8. The past resembles the future more than one drop of water
resembles another.
Ibn Khaldun
9. The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three
generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the
characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as
hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in
authority.
Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained ...
Asabiya (social solidarity)
Ibn Khaldun
14. How can the heart travel to God,
when it is chained by its desires?
Ibn Arabi
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19. The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he
basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one
see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light
Ibn Arabi
20. The body's weakness comes from illnesses,
while the heart's weakness comes from sins.
And just as the body does not taste the delights of food
when it is ill, the heart does not taste the delights of
worship when it is sinful.
Dhul-Nun al-Misri
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26. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads
to violence. This is the equation.
Ibn Rushd
27. If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to
that information the share of critical investigation the
information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes
clear.
However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a
particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment's
hesitation the information that is agreeable to it.
Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and
preclude critical investigation.
The results is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.
Ibn Khaldun
