Importance of Affairs 
Imam Taqi (AS): The one who attended a matter and disliked it , is as the one who was absent , and whoever was not present in an affair , whoever , was pleased with it , is as the one who witnessed it (Tohaf Al_Okool , P.479).
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Thanklessness 
Supplication is the key to Allah’s Blessings 
The Tongue of the Wise Man