Zuhd In Islam Quotes & Sayings

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it. — Joan Kirner

Never,"he whispered to me, face only inches from mine. "Never," I said, and turned my head, closing my eyes to escape the intensity of his gaze. A gentle, inexorable pressure turned me back to face him, as the small, rhythmic movements went on. "No, my Sassenach," he said softly. "Open your eyes. Look at me. For that is your punishment, as it is mine. See what you have done to me, as I know what I have done to you. Look at me. — Diana Gabaldon

Even when sisters are different ... Their likeness comes shining through! — Mary Engelbreit

Dare to think the unimaginable, imagine the unthinkable, dream of that which will never happen, yet continue to aspire and to test the limits of your very being and those around you. — Mark W. Boyer

All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh. — Jack Kerouac

Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies. — E. Lockhart

They're a group called The Spirit-crushers and their leader is known as The Almighty Spirit-crusher. — S.A. Tawks

The dogmatist within is always worse than the enemy without. — Stephen Jay Gould

The ups and downs of this cosmos may sometimes be acknowledged to be metaphorical ups and downs, but until about Newton's time most people took the "up" of heaven and the "down" of hell to be more or less descriptive. — Northrop Frye

Do not criticize any other martial arts or speak ill of others, as it will surely come back to you. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can not move. — Koichi Tohei

I've been a Ryan Reynolds fan since the first time I saw him. — Ben Mendelsohn

People need service - great service where music is concerned. — Jimmy Iovine

Adam's blue eyes flicked briefly over to mine as he directed me to turn onto a major street. Once he was satisfied that I could, in fact, turn without causing my car - or any car in the near vicinity - to explode, he allowed himself to actually converse. "You don't trust people?" "Not to hit my car, or not to screw up my life?" "Either." That seemed like more of an answer than a question, so I didn't reply. — Jennifer Lynn Barnes