Shamsul Hoque Quotes & Sayings

If Jesus had to suffer, why would we think ourselves exempt? After all, as He explained, "a disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master" (Matthew 10:24). — David Jeremiah

Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility ... Story is an affirmation of our ties to one another. — Terry Tempest Williams

Man, I listened Nas and B.I.G growing up. I listened to both of them when I was younger for sure. — Swae Lee

In summer, a soothing warm breeze on a beach is the most soothing music for the soul. — Debasish Mridha

Importance is not in 'discharge' (of karmas) that occurs; but it is in the contemplation (dhyan) within at that time in effect that is important. — Dada Bhagwan

If you only knew all the love that I found, it's hard to keep my soul on the ground. — Bradley Nowell

Sweet music It beats love because there aren't any wounds: in the morning she turns on the radio, Brahms or Ives or Stravinsky or Mozart. She boils the eggs counting the seconds out loud: 56, 57, 58 ... she peels the eggs, brings them to me in bed. After breakfast it's the same chair and listen to the classical music. She's on her first glass of scotch and her third cigarette. I tell her I must go to the racetrack. She's been here about 2 nights and 2 days. "When will I see you again?" I ask. She suggests that might be up to me. I nod and Mozart plays. — Charles Bukowski

I was being taken around by a press agent at the Venice Film Festival at age 18. Was it fun? Sure. But it was a dangerous path to be walking on as far as having a substantive life. Because the casualty rate at the Venice Film Festival for 18-year-olds? High. — Ethan Hawke

(Why did she think tall people couldn't be crazy? Because they looked like they ruled the world? — Liane Moriarty

In answer to 'But violence hasn't solved anything!'
The hell it hasn't. The application of violence - of killing and a willingness to be killed - on a massive scale is responsible for a lot of solutions. The most recent mass application of violence liberated Kuwait. The most recent mass application of violence on a global scale alone cleansed the world of the Third Reich. Nonviolence and passive resistance did less than nothing to stop Hitler and his henchmen. The Atlantic slave trade wasn't stopped by 'dialogue' or 'passive resistance' or conferences, but by the opened gunports of the Royal Navy; Dachau and Chang-I weren't liberated with pamphlets. — Markham Shaw Pyle

It is not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest power. Five minutes with God and His Word is worth more than all the rest of the day. — Oswald Chambers

These are optimistic pieces, travel pieces that go anywhere — Tommy Hilfiger