“Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 11 ; Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah, vol.1, p. 161.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“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)
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