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Quranic Wisdom

walking, which requires great skill if one is not to overbalance.
Without this skill, no one can achieve his higher goals.
People of evil character are not entirely worthless people.
They can also have a positive role, provided you deal with them
with a positive mind. If you can inculcate this positive quality in
your personality, then bad people can prove to be good teachers
for you from different points of view.
Having a mixture of opposites in one’s personality is not
beyond one’s capacity. It is neither unnatural nor impossible. It
is quite natural and completely achievable for a sincere person.
Describing this human capacity one Western scholar has rightly
said: “I am large enough to contain all these contradictions.”

People of evil character are not entirely worthless
people. They can also have a positive role, provided
you deal with them with a positive mind.

No animal has this quality; it is a unique characteristic
bestowed upon man by his Creator. All that is needed is to unfold
this quality hidden in every human personality. Being a mixture
of opposites is a feature of personality development.
It is not a problem: it is rather an opportunity. A mixture of
opposites means having diverse qualities, the most important of
which is the wisdom of difference management. It is, moreover a
sign of principled behaviour. It is a proof of a person’s maturity.
The mature person adopts the formula of ignoring the problems
and availing of the opportunities. He has the ability to act in
a selective manner. He possesses the virtue of high morality. It
means that his behaviour is a friendly towards all mankind. He is
able to deal with both friend and foe alike.

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