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VANITY
"The next thing that hurts the Will, redirects the Will, redirects the Power of our being in a negative direction, is something called Vanity.
Vanity is excessive pride in one’s appearance, one’s qualities, one’s abilities and/or one’s achievements. It is Conceit. Vanity can lead to Arrogance. And, of course, anything that is done with the spirit of Conceit lacks real value. In fact, it is hollow and worthless. And those of us who are self-conceited; who are overly concerned with ourselves and who see too much importance in ourselves in our relationships to others; our acts are shallow. Our words are hollow; they have no real value. Consequently, we are considered, in the Eyes of Allah (God), worthless."
~The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,
Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development
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