Syed Hassan

Student of Knowledge - "Wisdom is the lost treasure of the believer - they have the right to it no matter where they find it"

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Perhaps the most important reminder for most is that growth in any facet is predicated on discipline; which is an amalgamation of drive, consistency and diligence.

Lest we forget that the prophet (saw) informed us that “The most beloved deeds to Allah are those that are consistent even if small”

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

The difference between a parent and someone who has a child is that the former takes the responsibility of raising their child as an immeasurable blessing; the latter as a burdening task.

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Sometimes when you’re in an extremely dark place, you’ve hit rock bottom and you feel like you’ve been buried - remind yourself, “I haven’t hit rock bottom, I’ve struck gold - I haven’t been buried, I’ve been planted” - Let the illumination begin! - SK

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

James Clear once said:

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

There is something magical and quite remarkable about ritualistic and sacred monotmy. Human beings aren’t individual actions, rather, our habits define us.

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

You can only lose what you have or what you do. You cannot lose something that you are - this is why “being” is much more transformative than “doing”.

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Many folks think of resolutions around this time of the year - habits, goals or activities that can optimize the self. What I’ve repeatedly taught my clients is not to “do” something to change your condition, but “become” the change.

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

One of the biggest resolutions for me, and I hope for a lot of people, is to distinguish between the cacophony of distractions vs. meaningful engagement.

Not all platforms are the same, not all voices are equivalent, not all books are devourable, not all actions are fruitful.

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

I am, at the Fed level, libertarian;
at the state level, Republican;
at the local level, Democrat;
and at the family and friends level, a socialist.
If that saying doesn’t convince you of the fatuousness of left vs. right labels, nothing will.

- Nassem Talib

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

The most fertile ground to plant the seed of happiness is the human heart - Happiness is an inside job, don’t go seeking for it - look inwards!

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea" - Antoine De Saint Exupery

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." - Ludwig

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

"He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how." - Nietzsche

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

“A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.” ― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

When the student is finally ready … the teacher will appear

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

“It’s in the world of stories that we sometimes find ourselves more vividly than the mirror in front of us” - SH

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Praying with each other should naturally lead to a cessation of preying on each other.

#Religion #Spirituality

[Esmé Partridge @EsmeLKPartridge]

The fact that the paradigm of the polymath (mastery of many subjects) has been lost to the idea of the ‘Jack of all trades’ (master of none) sums up how integrative education has been abandoned out of the modern belief that we can each have only one ‘specialism’/‘profession’...

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

It is an tragedy of epic proportions to equate attention with love or to boil down all expressions of love to attention. #Wisdom #Love #Parenting

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Beware of swimming so deep into technicalities that you drown your purpose in the process #Wisdom

[Syed Hassan @SydeKnyte]

Toynbee, after studying several civilizations, posited that civilizations rise to success due to the response of a creative minority that steer the civilization out of chaos, when this creative minority is unable to do this, the civilization crumbles. #Wisdom