"I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely [about Mullah Omar]. The most common answer was he is humble. And that was very true. We never had reports of Mullah Omar living luxuriously or making money in large quantities or anything like that."

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Ahmed Rashid

#Senior Quotes #Humble Quotes #Answers Quotes

“It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources need to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial : a place where the whole of the tree starts to form. As resources such as water and nutrients are drawn in, the seed organizes the process that generates growth. In a sense, the seed is a gateway through which the future possibility of the living tree emerges.”
“Ground control to Major Tom.”
“I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up”
“The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.”
“When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will.”

Source : "Short answers to the tough questions". Book by Mary Ruwart, content.time.com. 1998.
“You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.”
“Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.”
“A frame of references consisting of learning patterns of behaviours, values, assumptions and meaning which are shared to varying degrees of interest, importance and awareness with members of one group.”

Source : H. Ned Seelye (1995). “Experiential Activities for Intercultural Learning”, p.16, Hachette UK

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