Safe Harbour On Both Sides

Understanding ISLAM to tension and conflict. In the process, even the little that was available is lost. That is not wisdom A wise person accepts what is available, uses it as a base, and then strives for what is still out of reach. When a person does this, he finds that over time, even what was once denied to him becomes his—through his own effort and growth. The mistake is in trying to grasp what you don’t have while neglecting what you do have. In chasing what is not in your hand, you risk losing your most precious asset— your time. To give up what’s certain for something uncertain is not the way of an intelligent person. Time is the most valuable resource a human being possesses. A wise person is one who knows how to preserve time—and never allows it to go to waste. All India Radio, New Delhi, 10 December 1992.