Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: i am defining islam as none has defined it before me: islam is submission, submission is conviction, conviction is affirmation, affirmation is acknowledgment, acknowledgment is carrying out (of obligations) and carrying out obligations is action.

Slow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?

Saying 125 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)