"I was told by my father, who was a priest, that it was the basic duty of a Muslim to establish peace on earth... I soon came to the conclusion that it was not religion but misuse of religion and politicising of religion, which was the main culprit."

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Source : Asghar Ali Engineer's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

Asghar Ali Engineer

#Father Quotes #Causes Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that, and I'm telling you to shove off.' That's my interpretation. But I would never 'say' that because somebody else might interpret the song in another way.”
“We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.”
“If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.”
“Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.”
“I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
“Beauty: "You called me beautiful last night." Beast: "You do not believe me then?" Beauty: "Well - no. Any number of mirrors have told me otherwise." Beast: "You will find no mirrors here, for I cannot bear them: nor any quiet water in ponds. And since I am the only one who sees you, why are you not then beautiful?”
“Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”
“Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen bomb. All because of science fictional inventions.”

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