"I myself am Muslim and I stand on the side of an open society."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Bassam Tibi

“In political matters feeling often decides more correctly than reason.”
“Whatever will bring in the most money will happen.”
“Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster Ã la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.”

Source : O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.358, Delphi Classics
“I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a dayâ€™s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.”

Source : Stijn Streuvels (2005). “The Path of Life”, p.10, 1st World Publishing
“I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful”
“If I was feeling angry, I had to investigate not just who or what I was angry at, but why. And then I had to do the hard part and ask myself: Are you justified in where your anger is being directed? So, while I allowed my emotions to be valid, I knew that if I were to use them constructively, in the service of art, then I had to look at them dispassionately. Some might call this therapy, and I suppose it was. But I also had a goal that was larger than just healing myself, which was connecting to an audience.”
“You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesnt work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.”
“Allegory dwells in a transparent palace.”

Source : "La Peinture". Poem by Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1769.

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