Ashari Aqeedah Quotes & Sayings

To a Western observer, schooled in the theory and practice of Western freedom, it is precisely the lack of freedom - freedom of the mind from constraint and indoctrination, to question and inquire and speak; freedom of the economy from corrupt and pervasive mismanagement; freedom of women from male oppression; freedom of citizens from tyranny - that underlies so many of the troubles of the Muslim world. But the road to democracy, as the Western experience amply demonstrates, is long and hard, full of pitfalls and obstacles. Page 115 — Bernard Lewis

We've all done this - created our mix-and-match families, our homemade safety nets. — David Levithan

People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that. — Joan Larkin

If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or who criticize you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. (p. 99) — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

I won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on one thing for a period of longer than three minutes. My curiosity is channeled inward rather than Internet-ward. — Heidi Julavits

I'd never complain about the attention - ever. I feel very fortunate to be doing what I love to do. Not everyone gets that chance every day. This is just part of it, and it comes down to managing my time to make sure I concentrate on my passion, which is the hockey, and have time away from hockey. — Sidney Crosby

Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything. — Michael Bierut

Staying requires being curious about who you actually are when you don't take yourself to be a collection of memories.When you don't infer your existence form replaying what happened to you, when you don't take yourself to be the girl your mother/father/brother/teacher/lover didn't see or adore. When you sense yourself directly, immediately, right now, without preconception, who are you? — Geneen Roth

Nobody actually talks to anybody anymore. People in cubicles next to each other, they e-mail each other. — Willard Scott

I think Russia agreed to it because they're facing a revolt of the Islamic States. — Orson Scott Card

The science tells us that if we fail to reduce global warming pollution, global temperatures will rise to dangerous levels and unleash devastating extreme weather events and accelerate destructive sea level rise. — Frances Beinecke

So faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of theses is love. — Anonymous

Memories, James thought, thank God we have them. They help us to recall what's long gone, and we can live again in the past with those we once loved. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

You suck at working with someone, I say, because it's true. — Elizabeth Norris