Abu Rayhan al-Biruni quotes

Abu Rayhan al-Biruni quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. â€˜The scholarsâ€˜ he answered , â€˜are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science.â€™”
-- Abu Rayhan al-Biruni

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“For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in both the cases, it does not affect the Astronomical Science. It is just for the Physicist to see if it is possible to refute it.”
-- Abu Rayhan al-Biruni

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“Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.”
“It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.”
“The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.”

Source : "23 Warning Signs of a Toxic Friend" by Ann Davis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2016.
“The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.”
“When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.”
“Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.”

Source : "Characteristics", Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Part I. Sect. V, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 673-74, 1922.
“It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.”
“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”

Source : Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.55, Shambhala Publications
“Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.”
“The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.”

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