“Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance.”
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 11 ; Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah, vol.1, p. 161.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance." by Ali al-Rida?
Ali al-Rida24
eighth of the Twelve Imams 770–818Related quotes
“His enemy was time. Or perhaps it was his friend. One never knows for sure.”
Thomas Wolfe book You Can't Go Home Again
Book III, Ch. 26: The Wounded Faun
You Can't Go Home Again (1940)
“The knight of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies, but also to hate his friends.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Ecce homo
Der Mensch der Erkenntniss muss nicht nur seine Feinde lieben, er muss auch seine Freunde hassen können.
Foreword, in the Oscar Levy authorized translation.
Variant translations:
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Ecce Homo (1888)
“The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne book The Scarlet Letter
Source: The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter X: The Leech and His Patient
“4833. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than a Fool from his Friends.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“The real hell of life is everyone has his reasons.”
Jean Renoir (1894–1979) French film director and screenwriter
Variant: The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) American general and politician, 7th president of the United States
"Proclamation to the people of Louisiana" from Mobile (21 September 1814).
1810s
“An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Quoted by George Bernard Shaw in a letter to Ellen Terry, 25 September 1896.
Context: On George Bernard Shaw An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him.