"He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef)."

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Source : "Doctrine of Sufis". Book by Muhammed Al-Kalabadhi, translated by A.J. Arberry. Chapter 5, p. 16, 1977.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

#Essence Quotes #Effort Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Be careful not to turn others' lives into the mold for your own...we have a #â€Ž God who is a #â€Ž Creator not a #â€Ž Duplicator .”
“Peace is not merely a vacuum left by the ending of wars. It is the creation of two eternal principles, justice and freedom.”
“A charging black rhinoceros is nothing to mess with. When it is headed straight toward you, it is the ultimate exercise in sphincter control. In my case, it was a strange bit of weather that caused one to charge me.”
“I haven't seen - I haven't heard the arguments that would make that case. And I haven't seen a proposal yet that satisfies the objections. The problem is, you create a key like this, and it can't - it's hard to say that it's going to be hidden. And then it becomes used both by our government in multiple cases, but also it could get out as far as hackers are concerned or other countries.”

Source : "Congress Should Decide Encryption Issue, Sen. Angus King Says". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.
“A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.”
“To conquer fear is the best way to gain your self-confidence.”
“Coach Landry was a master at maintaining discipline and creating an environment where ordinary people could achieve extra ordinary results.”
“The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress.”

Source : Renata Adler (1970). “Toward a radical middle: fourteen pieces of reporting and criticism”

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