Tashakkor Quotes & Sayings

To say "yes" to the Sufi way is to say "no" to imagined escapes. — Idries Shah

Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality. — Gordon Brown

'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance; to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone. — Harry Connick Jr.

In real self-giving we are inspired. Whether they acknowledge us or not is not important. — Frederick Lenz

Only you know who you were born to be and you need to be free to be that person. — Ruby Rose

Those who dared criticize Serra and his Franciscans for their treatment of the Native Americans risked being crushed by the power of the Roman Catholic Church, with its power of excommunication, or being literally torn to pieces by the Inquisition, which could conduct an investigation using horrendous means of torture against anyone who dared challenge the church or its hierarchy. — Elias Castillo

It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful. — Joseph Joubert

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person. — Mary Tyler Moore

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. — Henry Ward Beecher

Oftentimes religious circles are known for extreme control of the people, situations and environment around them. Control then becomes the issue of the hour. Studying the Scriptures without letting the Holy Spirit teach us puts us in control. He always takes us to Jesus. Going to the One the Scriptures point to puts Him in control. In other words, when the Bible is an end unto itself, it gives us a measure of learning, but no personal transformation. — Bill Johnson

I do not believe I ever would have the courage to fight a duel. If any man should wrong me to the extent of my being willing to kill him, I would not be willing to give him the choice of weapons with which it should be done, and of the time, place and distance separating us, when I executed him. — Ulysses S. Grant