١٧٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): إِذَا هِبْتَ أَمْراًفَقَعْ فِيهِ، فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ تَوَقِّيهِأَعْظَمُ مِمَّا تَخَافُ مِنْهُ.

175. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When you are afraid of something dive straight into it, because the intensity of abstaining from it is greater (worse) than what you are afraid of.

175. Si une affaire te paraît redoutable mets-la en œuvre, car s’en prémunir fortement est beaucoup plus difficile.

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #175