2 - When asked what manliness is . Imam answered : " protection of religion ,
self-respect , lenience , benevolence , discharging one's duties , and
showing amity towards people .

3 - When asked what generosity is , Imam said : donation before request
and feeding poeple during drought .

4 - When asked what parsimony is , Imam said : to consider what you have as
dignity and what you spend as waste .

5 - When asked what freedom from want is , Imam said : Being satisfied
with one's destiny , however maeger it may be .

6 - When asked what poverty is , Imam said : greed for everything .

7 - When asked what dignity is , Imam said : agreeing with friends and
maintaining good neighbourly relations .

8 - When asked what meanness is , Imam said : self - centredness and having
no regard for one's wife .

9 - The person who takes refuge in God is relaxed and secure where as his
enemy is fearful and friendless .

10 - Be careful with God by frequently remembering Him , and be fearful
of God by being pious , and approach God through obedience , for indeed He is
near and responsive .

11 - The greatness of those who came to know his greatness lies in their
modesty . The dignity of those who came to know His glory lies in their
humbleness . The security of those who came to know His power lies in their
submission to God .

12 - You should know that God has not created you for no reason and that has
not left you to your own . He has determined your life time and divided your
sustenance among you so that every wise man know his share and understand what-
ever he recieves has been predestined and that he would not receive that which
does not belong to him . God has provided you with sufficient in come to
have enough time to worship and thank Him . He made rememberance and prayer
obligatory and recommended you to be pious to gain his utmost satisfaction .

13 - O' servants of God ! Do have God fearing and do know that God enables
God fearing persons to overcome trials , and to succeed in their affairs . He
will also smooth the path of right for God-fearing people .

14 - Only those people who are properly guided consult one another .

15 - Meanness is to fail to thank God for His blessing .

16 - In quest , do not take victory for granted , do not trust predestination
like the yielding , for it is a fradition to be in quest of sustenance . Thus ,
moderation in search of one's livelihood comes from chastity which is not on
the way of sustenance .
By the same token , avarice does not increase sustenance . In deed , sustenance
has been predestined and avarice brings about sins .

17 - One is free as long as has not promised . However when one promises ,
he shoulders responsibility and shall not be released until he fulfils his
promise .

18 - The person having confidence in God's free-will ( satisfied with
divine destiny ) dose not wish to be in a state other than the one chosen for
him by God .

19 - The good without evil is thanking for the blessing and patience in
clamities and hardships .
 

20 - Imam , peace be upon him , said to a man just cured from a disease :
God remembered you , then you remember Him . He pardoned you , you
should thank him .