English book · The Moral Vision
HASTEN SLOWLY
English book, PDF p. 24
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Hasten Slowly ~ 24 ~ again. All of this will take time, precious time—time which should have been spent on the onward journey. Had he proceeded in a normal, unhurried way, he would have reached his destination all in good time. Just as it is wrong to delay, it is equally wrong to be in too much of a hurry. All work can be completed in due course. To delay work is idle and irresponsible, but to do it with unseemly and unwarrantable haste is a sign of crass impatience. In the world of God, where each event has its allotted time, both extremes are doomed to failure.

‹ Previous page Next page › About this book Open in the reader