Adawiyah Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a social rider. Strictly professional. — Ron Perlman

Man must always imagine and believe in a "second" reality or a better world than the one that is given him by nature. — Ernest Becker

I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water in the other:
With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven
And put out the flames of Hell
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
And see the real goal. — Rabi'ah Al-'Adawiyah

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me. — Carl Lewis

That was a mistake. They were my few. — Mark Lawrence

It's hard to explain," she says. "I would say that I'm more spiritual than religious at this point." "What does that even mean?" I stare upward at the gleaming stars. "To me, religion is the Walmart of spirituality. — Bill Konigsberg

O Allah! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty — Rabi'ah Al-'Adawiyah

They drummed into you that pain was good, you were supposed to go with it, push into the pain, and only ... now ... did I contemplate what retarded advice this was. — Lionel Shriver

She called for her fiance and told him not to take on so, and that they would still be married, even if he was but a prince and she a queen, and she chucked him beneath his pretty chin and kissed him until he smiled. — Neil Gaiman