{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw20.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw20.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw20.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nMost thoughts are wishes.\nThe thoughts of the wise are more trustworthy than the convictions of fools.\nDo not confuse opinions with certainties.\nIf you are doubtful of a thing let it alone.\nRemove doubts by enquiry.\nA thing that is heard is not like a thing that is seen.\nDo not believe all that you hear.\nIt is not wise to be sure of a thing only because you think so.\nWhere there is much difference of opinion it is difficult to know the truth.\nTo think well of others is a religious duty.\nHe who thinks well of others is a happy man.\nHe who has an evil thing in him thinks all men are like him.\nIf a man think well of you, make his thought true.\nA poet says: \"It was my habit to think well of others until experience taught me otherwise.\"\nBe well with God and fear nothing.\nMost men think well of themselves, and this is self-delusion.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Thoughts, Doubts","type":"page"}