Orientalists Budapest Quotes & Sayings

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems. — Aly Khan

When the world turns its back on you, for God's sake, don't get discouraged. — Veronika Carnaby

It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt. — Rosamunde Pilcher

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. — John Bradshaw

Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone. — John Ruskin

The world of money, of numbers and stock markets and interest rates and credit cards, seems on the surface about as far as it could be from the world of spirituality, of seeking meaningful answers to the big questions of life ... But these two worlds must flow in and out of each other, because it takes both money and spiritual understanding to sustain it. Truly speaking, what determines where our money with its awesome power will go, and what it will do for ourselves and others? If we listen, those answers come from the center of our being, from who we really are. — Suze Orman

Why else do any of this if not to become who we want to be? — Anthony Doerr