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Faith in God is to choose truth where it may harm you over a lie where it may benefit you.
Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib
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If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
WoodrowWilson
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If there were no falsehood in the world, there
would be no doubt.
If there were no doubt their would be no inquiry;
If no inquiry , no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius.
Walter Savage Landor
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If you're attached to anything, you surely will
go far astray.
Only the crystal-clear question yields a transparent
answer.
All of the significant battles are waged within
the self.
Zen Sayings
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what
men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew Carnegie
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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe,
it can achieve.
Napoleon Hill
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"Before success comes in any man's life,
he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat
and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes
a man, the easiest and the most logical thing
to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority
of men do."
Napoleon Hill
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"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
"Action is the real measure of intelligence."
Napoleon Hill
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If you jump to conclusions, you are likely
to hurt yourself in the fall.
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“Those who are lifting the world upward
and onward are those who encourage more than
criticize.”
Elizabeth Harrison
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"Every one who delights in some act of
devotion can't bear to miss it even for a short
while. That disappointment and grief are worth
a hundred prayers.
What is a formal prayer compared to the glow
of humble longing?"
Rumi
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"The eye of the spirit that focuses
on the transient
falls on its face wherever it goes
Someone who focuses on the distances, without
knowledge may see far
but just as we do in a dream..."
Rumi
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"You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the
ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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"We have developed speed but we have
shut ourselves in: machinery that gives abundance
has left us in want. Our knowledge has made
us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little: More
than machinery we need humanity; More than cleverness
we need kindness and gentleness. Without these
qualities, life will be violent and all will
be lost."
Charles Chaplin
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Discouraged
"Student says: I am very
discouraged, what should I do?
Master says: encourage
others."
Zen proverb
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Happiness
"Thankfulness leads to contentment, and
contentment is another word for happiness."
Yusuf
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Minds
"Minds are like parachutes. They only
function when they are open."
Sir James Dewar,
Scientist (1877-1925)
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Two Wings
"Observe the qualities of expansion and
contraction
in the fingers of your hand:
surely after the closing of the fist comes the
opening.
If the fingers were always closed or always
opened,
the owner would be crippled.
Your movement is governed by these two qualities:
They are as necessary to you
as two wings are to a bird"
Rumi
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"The true value of a human being can
be found in the degree to which he has attained
liberation from the self. "
Albert Einstein
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"There's too much judgement of others
and not enough judgement of ourselves, `too
much self righteousness and not enough self
knowledge"
Abdul Hakim Winter
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And if a storm should come, and if you face
a wave
That may be the chance for you to be saved
And if you make it through the trouble and the
pain
That may be the time for you to know His name
Yusuf
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"Opportunity is missed by most people
because it is dressed in overalls and looks
like work"
Thomas Alva Edison
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"There is a God
You can know Him if you try
You can approach Him if you try... "
Yusuf
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"Asceticism is not that you should not
own anything, but that nothing should own you"
Ali Ibn Abu Talib
(600? - 661)
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"All know that the drop merges into
the ocean but few know that the ocean merges
into the drop"
Kabir (1450 -
1518)
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"In history, search for answers about
the Unseen, has always been a major force in
motivating mankind towards the acquisition of
knowledge: first, the teachings were from God,
while the first teachers were the prophets of
God. Therefore, the best educators ever to appear
on the pages of time were all the teachers of
God's Words and inspiration: The Prophets (upon
whom be peace)."
Yusuf Islam
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"It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian
disasters. The royalties from my albums continue
to support my charity work."
Yusuf Islam
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"I found a religion that blended scientific
reason with spiritual reality in a unifying
faith far removed from the headlines of violence,
destruction and terrorism."
Yusuf Islam
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"I don't think that God sent us prophets
and books to fight about these books and these
prophets. But they were telling us, actually,
how to live together. If we ignore those teachings...whichever
faith you belong, you profess, then I think
we'll be finding ourselves in an even deeper
mess"
Yusuf Islam
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"I always stood for the elimination of
conflict and wars, and any of those causes that
ignite them."
Yusuf
Islam
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"I am confident that, in
the end, common sense and justice will prevail.
I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that
if you wait to the end of the story, you get
to see the good people live happily ever after"
Yusuf Islam
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"There are three types of people: Those
building Bridges; those bent on destroying them;
and those waiting to cross"
Yusuf Islam
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