Sayings · Knowledge expands unlike physical containers

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

٢٠٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): كُلُّ وِعَاءٍ يَضِيقُ بِمَا جُعِلَ فِيهِ إِلَّا وِعَاءَ الْعِلْمِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَتَّسِعُ بِهِ.

Original English translation

205. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Every container gets narrower according to what is placed in it except the container of knowledge which expands instead.

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