By Sudanese-born prolific author Amr Muneer Dahab

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In “Wisdom Highway,” translated into English from the Arabic origin by the author himself, Sudanese-born poet and essayist Amr Muneer Dahab questions ideas that people accept as standard rules for living, aiming to make individual life paths easier to navigate rather than providing rigid success formulas. He uses short, witty statements to prompt deep thought ins. In this series of posts, the prolific author shares excerpts from the book.

Week 7: What Does Realizing the Absolute Truth Require?

• As we celebrate intelligence, diligence, the will to persevere, and everything else that has led to success, we forget, in the midst of our celebration, the fuel that stoked all of this: Selfishness.

• My soft bed: My weary strength.

• Contentment: That you equally feel the pleasure of patience and the ecstasy of joy.

• Lucky person: One whose dreams slightly precede their accomplishments.

• Unlucky person: One whose dreams far outweigh their abilities.

• Beware that the solution to the problem becomes a problem.

• Successful person: The one who loves their work.

• Creative person: The one whose work loves them.

• The losing project: The one that generates a profit, but an alternative project could provide a higher one.

• Courage: A moment of noble inattention to the terrible truth.

• The machine that is conceited with its temporary design: The human.

• Life: Intertwined rounds of failure and success.

• Life movie: Starring woman and a distinguished appearance for man in a supporting role.

• The highest degree of humility: My certainty that I do not possess me.

The absolute truth: Its tool is a mind that is not like the one we have now.

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Amr Muneer Dahab is a Sudanese-born passionate essayist, literary critic and poet. An electrical engineer living in the United Arab Emirates, he juggles his professional career and writing, which has birthed so far 50 books.