Naohisa Takato Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a breakfast eater. — Sean Penn

We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat! — J.K. Rowling

I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution. — Robert Barron

Modesty becomes blameworthy if it prevents one from denouncing what clearly should be denounced, such as tyranny or corruption. This form of modesty results in meekness at a time when one needs to be forthright and courageous. Something condemnable (munkar) is condemnable regardless of the status of the person who is engaged in it - whether he or she is a close relative or a person of status, wealth, or authority. There must be agreement, however, among scholars on what is condemnable. One cannot, for example, declare decisively that something is considered condemnable if there is a difference of opinion on it among the scholars. Scholars knowledgeable of the plentitude of juristic differences rarely condemn others. They refrain from such condemnation not because of modesty but because of their extensive knowledge and scholarly insight. Unfortunately, many people today are swift to condemn, which creates another disease: self-righteousness. — Hamza Yusuf

Mary is a very well-written typical eldest child in that she puts her own needs at the forefront ... She's not as inclined to conciliate or placate. Cora is fascinated by Mary — Jessica Fellowes

It is forbidden to fight on the Killing Ground," he said, and paused while he considered the sense of this. "You know what I mean anyway ... — Terry Pratchett

And here you are, another practical sort - neither Catholic nor Protestant, nor wicked, I think. Let us pray that you are not one of a kind, as in my experience your type tend to be o' tremendous use to God. — Lyndsay Faye

But if science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science. — A.J. Ayer