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1 Why Write These Thoughts Whether for good or ill, I have lived my life, travelling a long road fraught with… 3 min · Self-knowledge · Wisdom

2 The Cost of False Pride In my childhood I used to hear the Kazakhs jeering at the Uzbeks: “You Sarts in wide… 3 min · People · Society

3 Laziness and Power Hunger Where lies the cause of the estrangement amongst the Kazakhs, of their hostility and ill… 6 min · Laziness · Power

4 Empty Laughter and Work Observant people long ago noted that foolish laughter resembles drunkenness. 3 min · Work · Responsibility

5 Wealth Without Conscience Sorrow darkens the soul, chills the body, numbs the will, and then bursts forth in words… 3 min · Wealth · Conscience

6 Unity of Mind According to a Kazakh proverb: “The source of success is unity, and of well-being — life”. 3 min · People · Society

7 Hunger for Knowledge Born into this world, an infant inherits two essential needs. 3 min · Knowledge · Growth

8 Power Without Wisdom Will anyone heed our advice and listen to our counsels? 3 min · Power · Wisdom

9 Love and Pain for People I, too, am a Kazakh. But do I love the Kazakhs or not? 2 min · People · Self-knowledge

10 Upbringing Over Inheritance People pray to God to send them a child. 5 min · Upbringing · Responsibility

11 Theft and Gossip How do our people make a living? There are two ways. 2 min · Justice · Society

12 Faith With Understanding When someone teaches the Word of God, whether he does it well or badly, we would sooner… 1 min · Faith · Islam

13 Conscious Faith Iman — this is the unshakeable faith in one, all-powerful Creator, about whose essence… 2 min · Faith · Islam

14 Heart and Humanity Has man anything more precious than his heart? 2 min · Humanity · Conscience

15 What Fills a Life There is an essential difference, in my view, between intelligent and stupid people. 3 min · Self-knowledge · Responsibility

16 Ritual Without Soul The Kazakh does not worry whether his prayers please God or not. 1 min · Faith · Islam

17 Mind, Will, and Heart Will, Reason and Heart once asked Knowledge to settle their argument about who was the… 4 min · Self-knowledge · Wisdom

18 Beauty of the Soul Man should dress modestly and keep himself clean and tidy. 2 min · Character · Self-knowledge

19 Learn and Reflect A child is not born a reasonable being. It is only by listening and watching, examining… 1 min · Knowledge · Education

20 Boredom and Empty Living All of us know: nothing can over-rule fate. 2 min · Laziness · Self-knowledge

21 Pride and Empty Praise It is hard to avoid at least a small degree of self-satisfaction and complacency. 2 min · Character · Self-knowledge

22 Who Deserves Respect I wonder whom amongst the Kazakhs of today I could possibly love or respect. 3 min · Humanity · Power

23 Envy of Others' Success There is but one joy and one consolation which, like a curse, hangs over the Kazakh. 3 min · Conscience · Character

24 Build Instead of Quarreling There are more than two thousand million people living on earth now, they say. 2 min · People · Society

25 Learning the World's Knowledge It would be good if Kazakh children could get an education. 5 min · Knowledge · Education

26 Empty Glory and Rivalry The Kazakh is elated if his horse wins a race, if a wrestler on whom he has wagered wins… 3 min · People · Society

27 Wisdom of Creation Here are the words of the great Socrates about serving the omnipotent Creator, spoken in… 6 min · Faith · Wisdom

28 Free Will and Justice Muslims! The world is peopled by the rich and by the poor, the healthy and the sickly… 3 min · Faith · Justice

29 False Proverbs and Honor Some Kazakh sayings merit attention and some do not, for they do not carry anything… 2 min · Conscience · Character

30 Shame and Empty Boasting What we call “boastful windbags” are found amongst our people, even if you put forty of… 2 min · Conscience · Character

31 How Knowledge Stays We can name four means that promote the perception and memorization of what is heard… 1 min · Knowledge · Education

32 How to Love Science Those who seek learning should know certain essential conditions without which they… 4 min · Science · Knowledge

33 Craft and Honest Work If you want to be rich, learn a trade. Wealth diminishes with time, but a skill does not. 2 min · Work · Wealth

34 Mortality, Love, and Friendship Everyone knows that humans are mortal, that death comes not only for the aged and that… 3 min · Love · Friendship

35 Piety Without Self-Interest Calling to His Judgment the Hadjis, Sufis, Mullahs, Jomarts and Sayyids, the Most High… 2 min · Faith · Islam

36 True Shame and Conscience In the words of Our Prophet, may Allah bless his name, recorded in the Hadith: “He who is… 3 min · Conscience · Faith

37 Short Truths of Life One. Judge a man’s qualities by the intentions of his action and not by its outcome. 4 min · Wisdom · Humanity

38 Knowing Truth and God My dear children, the solace of my heart! 32 min · Faith · Islam

39 Lost Virtues of a People Yes, our forefathers were certainly inferior to the present generation in learning… 3 min · People · Society

40 Why Trust Disappears How, this is what I would like to ask I you, honored men. 4 min · Society · Conscience

41 Upbringing Starts at School Anyone who plans on teaching and reforming the Kazakh must possess two advantages. 2 min · Upbringing · Education

42 Laziness Destroys a Person One of the causes of people’s inclination to vice is indolence. 3 min · Laziness · Work

43 The Soul Above the Body Man is endowed by nature with a body and a soul. 7 min · Self-knowledge · Growth

44 Aspiration Makes a Person He is the most miserable among men who has no aspiration. 2 min · Growth · Responsibility

45 Love and Justice The proof of the existence of one God, unique and omnipotent, is that for thousands of… 1 min · Love · Justice