"Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more. The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn't his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?"

-- Yasmin Mogahed

#Beautiful Quotes #Father Quotes #Son Quotes

“My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child”
“Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.”
“I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them.”
“I loved the logistical reality of a guy who wants to take over the world, yet who has a family too.”
“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”

Source : Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.109, Penguin
“Once youâ€™ve actually died on stageâ€¦ I mean, how do you top that?”
“When the eternal and the human meet, that's where love is born -- not through escaping our humanity or trying to disappear into transcendence, but through finding that place where they come into union.”
“I love the Wikipedia link chain because it has led me into some strange articles. Wikipedia is one of my favorites.”

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