Harnack House Quotes & Sayings

In thirty years of going to study in Medina, "sitting with the 'ulama," "making hijrah," distributing books from Saudi Arabia, making Dawah, pointing out bid'as, tearing down imams, taking over mosques, backbiting Muslims, putting people on and off "the minhaj," and calling other Muslims names, Salafis have established absolutely nothing. — Umar Lee

These are the things I learned: share everything, play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day. Take a nap every afternoon, and, when you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. — Robert Fulghum

smell flowers, or whatever you wanted to do while you were on that stuff." "I'll kill them," I say. "I will kill them. — Veronica Roth

Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'm not sneering at sex. It's necessary and it doesn't have to be ugly. But it always has to be managed. Making it glamorous is a billion-dollar industry and it costs every cent of it. — Raymond Chandler

I almost trust her to burn the bridges while standing at the cliff herself. She hardly agrees to be on the same page as others, either ahead of all or all in a different book. — Parul Wadhwa

I am at peace. I am at peace. I am at peace. — Jettie Woodruff

If you get stuck and it feels a little stiff, then you do have to mess it up to find it. But other times it's really written and you just stick to your guns and do it as elegantly and as concentrated and as committed as you can. — Willem Dafoe

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. — Jules Verne

On the corner of Cathedral Road a raven sat in a tree watching him. He knew it was Dorkus for two reasons. Firstly, he'd told Dorkus to stay there to keep an eye on Michael. Secondly, he was wearing a top hat, carrying a cane, and if Corvid's eyes were right, he now had spats over his feet.
"Cacaw," Dorkus said.
"Really?" Corvid replied, "we're back to cawing?"
"I thought it would be less suspicious in public."
"You do know you just said that carrying a cane and wearing a top hat and a pair of spats? — Dylan Perry

For all that is high is not holy, nor is everything that is sweet good; every desire is not pure; nor is everything that is dear to us pleasing unto God. Willingly do I accept that grace whereby I am made humbler and more wary and more ready to renounce myself. He who is made learned by the gift of grace and taught wisdom by the stroke of the withdrawal thereof, will not dare to claim any good thing for himself, but will rather confess that he is poor and needy. — Thomas A Kempis

Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK.
Grace.
I was shaking, shaking; my skin peeling away.
Grace.
My bones squeezed, pinched, pressed against my muscles.
Grace.
Her eyes held me even after I stopped feeling her fingers gripping my arms.
Sam," she said. "Don't go. — Maggie Stiefvater

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation. — C.L.R. James

Truth often harms the one who digs it up. — Seneca.

[Fear] can be a pleasure to look at, and I understand how some other humans love to experience his essence. We can sense beauty, even if we don't see it. — Kelsey Sutton