Poverty can silence even the wisest.
Imam Ali (AS):
“Poverty makes the intelligent unable to present his argument, and the poor a stranger in his own city.”
📖 Nahj al-Balagha, Wisdom 3
A painful reminder of how easily society mistakes wealth for worth.
i don't follow the "respect is earned" philosophy. i respect everyone automatically and then each person has the opportunity to lose my respect based on their behavior.