Abdurrahman Quotes & Sayings

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam ... second, the culture of Islam. — Abdurrahman Wahid

I feel quite lost INSIDE myself, like I'm looking for my train tracks for my life, as if they would just appear and solve the growing questions I seem to face (my reflection in the morning). — Sabrina Ward Harrison

We are each of us a bird in a body. In the space between bodies lies a solitude formed by the vibration of differing thoughts. — Meia Geddes

So, you have to contemplate yourself surrounded by the conditions you wish to produce and know you can attract divine energy to help you. Dormant forces come alive when you put your attention on what you intend to manifest and when you stay connected to your source of well-being, your source of kindness, and your source that excludes no one. — Wayne Dyer

Under the sword lifted high, There is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, And you have the land of bliss. — Miyamoto Musashi

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion. — Abdurrahman Wahid

Need you to do something for me." "I'll do anything for you. What do you need?" "I need you to teach me how to breathe when you're gone. — Cassia Leo

Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have with New Orleans. Especially for the music. — Michiel Huisman

Are you threatening to kidnap me?"
"If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes. — Cassandra Clare

There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand. — Billy Graham

Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it. — Albert Einstein

I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it. — Abdurrahman Wahid

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam. — Abdurrahman Wahid

I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. — Abdurrahman Wahid

I do not like violence. — Abdurrahman Wahid

Deep breath ... I am peaceful, I am strong. — Jewel E. Ann

I can't stay friends with anyone who doesn't have a passion for something; and, generally speaking, artistic people, creative people carry it right into the kitchen, too. They have a zest for life; the excitement of living. All of the great eaters I've known are also men of great wit. — Alan King

A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor. — Henry David Thoreau

Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence. — Abdurrahman Wahid

I don't talk in ifs. — Abdurrahman Wahid

Sarah, I'm going to take care of you whether you like it or not. — Robyn Carr

Come forward.
Come in from the summer heat and the flies. Come in from that assault on all senses, that pummelling of rod and cone and drum and cilia. Come in from the great spotlight of the sun, sweeping across the white sands, making everyone, and therefore no one, a star.

Come inside and meet the prologue. — Catherynne M Valente