“God tests everyone, one with wealth, another with poverty. A rich man is tested in whether he would extend an arm of support to those who need it; a poor man in whether he would bear all his sufferings without discontent and with obedience.” —The TALMUD Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku (more…)
A gunshot wound may be cured, but the wound made by a tongue never heals. —PERSIAN WISDOM Kidonda kinachosababishwa na kisu, mshale au risasi kinaweza kupona na hata mtu kusahau kabisa kuhusu kidonda hicho. Lakini kidonda kinachosababishwa na ulimwi, huwa hakiponi kamwe. Hivyo kabla hujatoa neno lolote lichuje kwanza, kwa (more…)
Kinachotuzuia sisi binadamu tusiweze kuruka angani kama jamii ya ndege ni kwa sababu hatuna njia ya kuishinda nguvu ya mvutano ya dunia. Mabawa ya ndege yanawawezesha kutengeneza nguvu inayokinzana na nguvu ya mvutano wa dunia na hivyo kuweza kuruka angani. Lakini kwa kuwa sisi binadamu tumepewa kitu ambacho wanyama wengine (more…)
When you hear people speak about the viciousness of other people, do not share in pleasure by discussing these issues. When you hear about the bad deeds of people, do not listen to the end and try to forget what you have heard. When you hear about the virtues of (more…)
“Even if we don’t want to, we can’t help but feel our connection to the rest of mankind: we are connected by industry, by trade, by art, by knowledge, and most importantly, by our common mortality.” – Leo Tolstoy Hata kama hatutaki, binadamu wote ni kitu kimoja. Tuna vitu vingi (more…)
Wote tunajua hili, kwamba dini ya kweli ni upendo, kwamba njia pekee ya kufanikiwa ni kuwa mtu wa upendo. Lakini neno upendo limekuwa linatumika vibaya, na kuishia kuzalisha uzembe badala ya kuzalisha matokeo mazuri. Watu wengi hufikiri upendo ni huruma na kutowaadhibu au kuwawajibisha watu. Hilo siyo sahihi, na limekuwa (more…)
“Kind people help each other even without noticing that they are doing so, and evil people act against each other on purpose.” —CHINESE PROVERB Siku nyingine mpya ipo mikononi kwetu. Maamuzi ni yetu kwa namna tunavyokwenda kuitumia siku hii. Ni muhimu tuwe na vipaumbele sahihi ili kuweza kufanya makubwa kwenye (more…)
“The most important question to keep before ourselves at all times is this: Do we do the right thing? During this short period of time which we call our life, do our acts conform to the will of the force that sent us into the world? Do we do the (more…)
Naamini sana kwenye kujifunza, hasa kupitia usomaji wa vitabu. Naamini ndani ya nafasi yangu kwamba mtu yeyote, anaweza kubadili maisha yake kupitia usomaji wa vitabu. Pia naamini mtu ambaye hasomi vitabu, anajizuia yeye mwenyewe kuiga hatua za kumwezesha kufanikiwa kwenye maisha yake. Pamoja na manufaa makubwa ya usomaji vitabu, ipo (more…)
“We have to fulfill honestly and irreproachably the work destined for us. It does not matter whether we hope that we will become angels some day, or believe that we have originated from slugs.” —JOHN RUSKIN Asubuhi njema mwanamafanikio. Kitu kimoja unachopaswa kujua ni kwamba, haupo hapa duniani kwa bahati (more…)