The Highroad to Success

The Highroad to Success

1990 2 February 6 The Highroad to Success (238) “Here lies Thomas Jefferson father of the University of Virginia.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743 to 1826) was third president of the USA from 1801 to 1809. A man of great erudition, he had a knowledge of English, Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and Anglo Saxon. Historians have rightly called him an “extraordinarily learned man.” He studied all the disciplines from philosophy and science to religion and, in his later days, attempted an analysis of the New Testament to discover what Jesus had really said, as opposed to what he is reported to have said.

In his will, Jefferson expressed the desire to have on his gravestone, not an inscription to say that he had been president of America, but simply the words, “Here lies Thomas Jefferson father of the University of Virginia.”

Knowledge is the greatest treasures. This is one of the great truths of life. For those who have learnt the importance of knowledge, even the presidentship of the USA will appear lacking in significance.

Knowledge is the only branch of human existence which, having no outer limits, never becomes tedious for man. There is no field in which it cannot be put to use. It gives man a keen awareness which helps him to discover the world, and enables him to understand things in depth. Knowledge, the currency with which you can buy everything in this world, is what sets man’s feet upon the high road to success.

To curse a Muslim is a great sin.

1990 2 February 6 To curse a Muslim is a great sin. (34) Salmah ibn Akwah says that in the days of the Prophet, if anyone was heard cursing his Muslim brethren, he would be considered to have entered one of the gates of mortal sin.

(Tabarani)