Sunnite Shiite Quotes & Sayings

Man has been placed on that summit where he contains within him the source of self-impulsion toward good and evil in equal measure; the nexus of the principles within him is not a bond of necessity but of freedom. He stands at the dividing line; whatever he chooses will be his act, but he cannot remain in indecision because God must necessarily reveal himself and because nothing at all in creation can remain ambiguous. — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

In New York now, they have Harvey Milk High School for gay students. They don't have much of a football team, but the half-time show ... — Bill Maher

This potato - is this potato named Steve?"
She rolled her eyes. "No, stupid. That's Phil. The bread is Steve. — Rick Riordan

Horses are mirrors. They'll show you back whatever you show them. Watch a man with a horse, and you'll see what's inside his own self. — Mary Doria Russell

Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is inescapable that every culture must negotiate with technology, whether it does so intelligently or not. A bargain is struck in which technology giveth and technology taketh away. — Neil Postman

Through their wickedness we were divided amongst ourselves; and the better to keep their thrones and be at ease, they armed the Druze to fight the Arab, and stirred up the Shiite to attack the Sunnite, and encouraged the Kurdish to butcher the Bedouin, and cheered the Mohammedan to dispute with the Christian. Until when shall a brother continue killing his own brother upon his mother's bosom? Until when shall the Cross be kept apart from the Crescent before the eyes of God? Oh Liberty, hear us, and speak in behalf of but one individual, for a great fire is started with a small spark. Oh Liberty, awaken but one heart with the rustling of thy wings, for from one cloud alone comes the lightning which illuminates the pits of the valleys and the tops of the mountains. Disperse with thy power these black clouds and descend like thunder and destroy the thrones that were built upon the bones and skulls of our ancestors. — Kahlil Gibran

He simply contemplated human realities from a divine perspective. — Salvador Bernal

What would yo do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more,feel more, and live more? — Shey Stahl

If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail. — Mignon McLaughlin

I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain. — Johnny Depp

I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical. — Betty Churcher

I don't think many people appreciate silence or realize that it is as close to music as you can get. — Toni Morrison

What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy. — George Lois