Building Life
English book, p. 72
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
themselves and their loved ones. Practically, those who choose the path of impatience temporarily argue with others, and eventually, upon seeing its disastrous outcomes, they fall silent. But this silence often hides hypocrisy. In the present world, you should practice patience. If you don’t make patience a principle, you’ll end up practicing it out of self-interest, which is called a double standard. A TRUTH A person who is proven wrong on one issue is wrong on all issues. The only exception is someone who, after making a mistake, feels remorse and openly admits their error. This is a psychological principle and an undeniable truth of life. The reason is that a person is a whole being. For someone to make a mistake is like a drop of water spilling from a glass. By observing that drop, you can understand what the glass contains. Similarly, by noticing one behaviour of a person, you can assess what kind of person they are overall. However, there is a difference between a glass and a human. A glass is a static object, whereas a human is a dynamic being. A human has the ability to correct himself after making a mistake. This is known as repentance. The capacity for repentance has given humans a self-correcting mechanism. When a person makes a mistake, if they become aware

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