Bistami Quotes & Sayings

The way to build your savings is by spending less each month. — Suze Orman

The best people in life make the world a bigger place, then help you grow to fit it. — David Stahler Jr.

Whoever knows God, does not (any longer) say "God". — Idries Shah

The Rascals are something else. They're up there with the Beatles, and Stones and Byrds. That level of musicality. They have a real chemistry. It is like magic. — Steven Van Zandt

I didn't originally intend to be an artist; I was much more interested in decorative arts--daily life, beautiful objects. — Helaine Posner

The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128 — Kim Stanley Robinson

Cursed is our love, as we long for each other like wounded doves with these feelings we suffocate ... — Heena Jadav Sunil

I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've always tried to follow my parents' advice because these are people who want the best for me. — Neymar

Bistami watched his fellow scholars around the fire in the evenings, intent on a point of doctrine, or the questionable isnad of a hadith, and what that meant, arguing with exaggerated punctilio and little debater's jokes and flourishes, while a pot of thick hot coffee was poured with solemn attention into little glazed clay cups, all eyes gleaming with firelight and pleasure in the argument; and he thought, these are the Muslims who make Islam good. — Kim Stanley Robinson

I always wish for the same thing. a boyfriend, someone to love or love me. This year, I think I'm going to wish for something else. The wisdom and the maturity to realise that I won't find what I want by looking for it, not expect someone else to give me what I never gave myself, that I'm not a half, waiting to be made a whole, and even if that special person never comes along, I'll be just fine. — Ted Schmidt

Because thankfulness is the tonic that always cures the cancers of greed, envy and jealously, it should be taken in liberal doses daily. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling — Elizabeth Gilbert

Mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy? — Charles Bukowski