"I'm a fundamentalist in the true sense. That is to say, I follow the fundamentals of religion... But for over 1,400 years people have been interpreting and re-interpreting the religion to suit their own purpose! ... These [extremist and terrorist acts] are not Islamic fundamentals any more than the Christians who burned people at the stake are fundamentalist. They are actually deviating from the teachings of the religion!"

-- Mahathir Mohamad

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“The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.”

Source : John Bingham (2002). “No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running”, p.159, Rodale
“You shall by faith sustain yourself and comfort yourself in your Lord, and be strong in His power; for you are in the beaten and common way to heaven, when you are under our Lord's crosses. You have reason to rejoice in it, more than in a crown of gold; and rejoice and be glad to bear the reproaches of Christ.”
“We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work.”

Source : "What makes me proud to be an American" by Brian Kilmeade, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2014.
“These days I don't look to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks, although I've got no objections to stealing them if that seems like a good idea. I'm sure that I'm still influenced by Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen as well......I can't play like Eddie Van Halen. I wish I could. I sat down to try some of those ideas and can't do it. I don't know if I could ever get any of that stuff together. Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more.”
“God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.123, 1895.
“If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough.”
“That which we cannot speak of is the one thing about whom and to whom we must never stop speaking.”

Source : Peter, Rollins (2006). “How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church”, p.10, Paraclete Press
“Failure is the seed of success”

Source : Kaoru Ishikawa (1990). “Introduction to Quality Control”, Productivity Press

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