Meaning: Without a soul, there's no life

Context: Life's essence is spirit — material things are empty without it

Meaning: A heart without life feels no one else's pain

Context: Empathy comes from being alive to others' struggles

Meaning: A soul unprotected is a soul abandoned

Context: Carelessness with self leads to ruin — guard your well-being

Meaning: Prosperity doesn't suit one who forgets God

Context: Spiritual grounding sustains fortune — arrogance loses grace

Meaning: Benefit without mercy lacks blessing

Context: Compassion sanctifies success — kindness gives prosperity meaning

Meaning: A fool carries another fool with him

Context: Stupidity attracts company — similar minds gather

Meaning: A fool doesn't know his enemy

Context: Ignorance blinds judgment — awareness ensures safety

Meaning: The fool builds where he'll later destroy

Context: Inconsistency causes failure — avoid self-contradiction

Meaning: The fool laughs, but no one laughs with him

Context: Folly entertains only itself — wisdom earns respect

Meaning: A fool cuts a short tree for shade

Context: Short-sighted people ruin their own shelter — think long-term

Meaning: You can chase away a fool but not bad luck

Context: Fate can't be escaped — destiny must be faced

Meaning: A fool and a madman shouldn't be left in charge

Context: Responsibility needs reason — wisdom guards against ruin

Meaning: The enemy lives far, but hatred lives within

Context: Internal hatred harms more than external foes

Meaning: Vengeance grows within you

Context: Holding grudges poisons the self — forgiveness frees the heart

Meaning: A wound knows its own time to heal

Context: Every pain fades in its own pace — healing needs patience

Meaning: Peace is the mother of life

Context: Stability nurtures existence — life thrives in harmony

Meaning: Peace is never appreciated until it's lost

Context: People realize the value of calm only after chaos comes

Meaning: Peace is life, war is fear

Context: Tranquility sustains life — conflict destroys it

Meaning: An enemy is seen, hatred is sensed

Context: True hostility hides behind smiles — intuition detects it

Meaning: When corrected, the fool hates the one who advised him

Context: Arrogant people resent guidance — humility accepts correction