إذا أحسست من صديقك بالحسد فأقلل ما استطعت من مخالطته، وحصّن سرّك منه تسلم من شرّه وعوائق ضرّه، وإيّاك والرغبة في مشاورته، ولا يغرنّك خدع ملقه، وبيان ذلقه، فإنّ ذلك من حبائل نفاقه !
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Never associate with those who share your defects — they will reinforce everything that holds you back.
Only create associations with positive affinities.
Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
Can't explain to you what it meant to be a 19 year old black kid from the midwest who moved to the Bay for school.
Dominant american culture at the time was G-Unit and all of a sudden I'm walking into rooms full of black dudes on ecstasy making the best music ever, and you'd go from a sideshow to a @Dirtybird party. FORMATIVE.
"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied."
*- Alexander the Great
The Book of John ends in the most baller way…
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
John 21:25