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Building Life

English book, p. 108

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

This is the key to life and progress in this world. God designed the system of this world based on competition. In this world, only those who have the courage to face competition achieve greatness. It is impossible to reach significant success through protection and privileges. Facing challenges builds a person’s strength. It raises an ordinary individual to an extraordinary level. THE WEAK CAN ALSO BE POWERFUL Georges Bidault (1899-1983) was a French politician. While it is hard to agree with his general views, one of his sayings is especially meaningful. He said: “The weak have one weapon, the errors of those who think they are strong.” The biggest weakness in this world is to think of oneself as powerful. A person who starts to believe they are powerful is likely to make mistakes. Such a person, in their arrogance of power, becomes careless about strategy. And for someone who becomes careless about strategy, defeat is certain because no one in this world is so powerful that they don’t need strategy. Whenever someone feels that their opponent, in their arrogance of power, is tormenting them, they should realize that their opponent is now giving them a weapon against themselves. In such cases, one should try to become familiar with their opponent’s activities.

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