"...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult it is for us to attain to reality... We always try to grab it: but it does not like to be grabbed. Only where it overwhelms man does it surrender itself to him."

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Source : Muhammad Asad (1954). “The Road To Mecca”, p.92, The Book Foundation

Muhammad Asad

#Reality Quotes #Men Quotes #Europe Quotes

“Love can climb the highest mountain or sink to the lowest depth”
“Though youth be past, and beauty fled, The constant heart its pledge redeems, Like box, that guards the flowerless bed And brighter from the contrast seems.”
“I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.”
“A small group of people, they raise the price of oil and the whole world will suffer from this.”

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“I backed up all my pictures on my iCloud so you canâ€™t see me when I die / I left my body somewhere down in Mexico / Give â€˜Find My iPhoneâ€™ app a try.”
“In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not simply a matter of seat belts, safe toys, safe air, water and food, additive-free baby foods, or improved television programming. These are all important issues, but to stop here is to forget that today's children will soon be adults. Technological decisions made today will determine, perhaps irrevocably, the kind of physical and social world we bequeath them and the kind of people they become.”

Source : Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“There is no greater pleasure in the world than riding a good horse.”
“And you? Did you find the doorknob?â€ Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down his chin. He poured some in his palm and rinsed his face, running his fingers through his hair. â€œI didnâ€™t even get close enough to see a door.â€ â€œWell, look on the bright sideâ€â€”Hadrian smiledâ€”â€œat least you werenâ€™t captured and condemned to death this time.â€ â€œThatâ€™s the bright side?â€ â€œWhat can I say? Iâ€™m a glass-half-full kinda guy.”

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