How often it is that a small ...

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.
How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.
 Abdullah ibn Mubarak

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We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.
 Abdullah ibn Mubarak
The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
 Abdullah ibn Mubarak