"Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Bassam Tibi

#Religious Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.”

Source : Iain M. Banks (2012). “The Hydrogen Sonata: A Culture Novel”, p.230, Hachette UK
“Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.”
“If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art.”
“Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.”
“You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.”
“If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward.”
“In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.”
“I know you have much to bear with in me, and I really do sometimes in you, but I have never looked at friendship in a deep sense as easy or entirely comfortable.”

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