"Why do most people think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?"

-- Poul Anderson

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Stupidity Quotes

“There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire. How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allah and the Home of the Hereafter?”
“I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.”
“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.”

Source : Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”
“I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.”
“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”
“I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.”
“Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.”

Source : Sisterhood Is Powerful "Letter to a Sister Underground" (1970)
“It is curious that the leaf should so love the light and the root so hate it.”

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