"It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism. Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?"

-- Adel al-Jubeir

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“A human being creates complexity by writing a novel on the surface of paper; a weather system creates complexity by writing waves on the surface of an ocean. What is the difference between the information carried in the words of a novel and the information carried on the waves of the sea? Listen, and the waves will speak, and someday, I tell you, you will write your thoughts on the surface of the sea.”

Source : Douglas Preston (2008). “Blasphemy: A Novel”, p.519, Macmillan
“One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.”

Source : Walter Hilton (1957). “The Ladder of Perfection”
“Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives”

Source : Vikas Swarup (2009). “Six Suspects: A Novel”, p.83, Macmillan
“In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.”
“It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.”
“I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?”
“You cannot take the mild approach to the weeds in your mental garden. You have got to hate weeds enough to kill them. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds are something you devastate.”
“Sometimes when you get older â€” and Iâ€™m not talking about you, Iâ€™m talking generally, because everyone ages differently â€” things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it theyâ€™re part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says theyâ€™re not true â€” why, then you get offended because you canâ€™t remember the first part. All you know is that youâ€™ve been called a liar.”

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