Hussain Ahmad Madani Malfuzat Hadrat Madani, p.83 (Delhi: Dar al-Isha‘at, July 1998 ed.) by Mawlana Abu ‘l-Hasan Barah Bankwi
“Strength and beauty are the blessings of youth; temperance, however, is the flower of old age.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Fragment quoted in H. Diels and W. Kranz (eds.) Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, Vol. II (1952), no. 294; reference taken from Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations (2005), p. 261
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 359
Sunni Hadith
“A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course;
Also pleasant, when God is delivering me.”
Taliesin (534–599) Welsh bard
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Pleasant Things of Taliesin
Context: A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course;
Also pleasant, when God is delivering me.
Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion;
Also pleasant, to drink together about horns.
“Now that the April of your youth adorns
The garden of your face.”
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648) Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher
"Ditty in Imitation of the Spanish Entre tantoque el'Avril", line 1
“Bless me! this is pleasant
Riding on the Rail.”
John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) American poet
"Hymn of the Rail".
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
He said, "You will be with the one you love."
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 369
Sunni Hadith
“Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.”
Henry James book Washington Square
Source: Washington Square
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 4, hadith number 633
Sunni Hadith
Variant: Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O Allah, there is no life but the life of the Next World."
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
He meant the people of Madina. <br class="br">Muwatta of Imam Malik, Madina, hadith 1 http://ahadith.co.uk/permalink-hadith-4654 <br class="br">Sunni Hadith
