Razieh Tavakoli Quotes & Sayings

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail. — Jean Cocteau

The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country. — Al Sharpton

If you love animals, please don't eat them. — Esha Gupta

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few. — William Shenstone

Your horse is only as fast as your brain. Every time you learn something, your horse will move ahead. — Carol S. Dweck

Radicals have value, at least; they can move the center. On a scale of 1 to 5, 3 is moderate, 1 and 5 the hardliners. But if a good radical takes it up to 9, then 5 becomes the new center. I already saw it working in the American Muslim community. For years women were neglected in mosques, denied entrance to the main prayer halls and relegated to poorly maintained balconies and basements. It was only after a handdful of Muslim feminists raised "lunatic fringe" demands like mixed-gender prayers with men and women standing together and even women imams giving sermons and leading men in prayer that major organizations such as ISNA and CAIR began to recognize the "moderate" concerns and deal with the issue of women in mosques.
I've taken part in the woman-led prayer movement, both as a writer and as a man who prays behind women, happy to be the extremist who makes moderate reform seem less threatening. Insha'Allah, what's extreme today will not be extreme tomorrow. — Michael Muhammad Knight

Sicily is paradise. I live in paradise. Now pass the pasta please. — Alfred Zappala

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft. — Rachel Kushner

Love as river loves the ocean.
Love as air loves the leaves. — Debasish Mridha