Ghazali Institute Quotes & Sayings

The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate which covers the floors of movie theaters. — Rich Hall

Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer, but how necessary it is for us to choose the most convenient places we can for private prayer. Our own fickleness and Satan's restlessness call upon us to get into such places where we may freely pour out our soul into the bosom of God [Mark 1.35]. — Thomas Brooks

How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. — Rainer Maria Rilke

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.' — Thomas Sowell

And in a situation of war, we all experience it in much the same way, either as victim or perpetrator. So I'm not narrating a particular story. I'm just addressing experiences. — Doris Salcedo

I have the right temperament. I have the right leadership. I've built an incredible company. I went to a great school. I came out - I built an incredible company. I wrote the number one selling business book of all time: 'Trump: The Art of the Deal.' — Donald Trump

How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around it can take. For truth is a matter that can withstand mockery, that is freshened by any ironic gesture directed at it. Whatever cannot withstand satire is false. — Peter Sloterdijk

At night, without the distant hint of sunlight, the room felt colder and more hollow. Clay stretched up and sniffed at the darkness that had fallen on the other side of the hole. He thought it smelled like stars. — Tui T. Sutherland

Jesus' death on the cross is not an accident or an injustice that befell him; it is, rather, an act of sacrifice freely offered for the sake of God's people. — Richard B. Hays

Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics. — Peter Singer

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles. — Ambrose Bierce

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me. — Sinbad

A genuine scientist would love the subject for itself; I think I love science for the stories that are told about it. — Philip Pullman