"Belief in one god, praying, charity, the five pillars, ethical moral objectives and messages in the Koran, the history of Islam. There are basic tenants in Islam that we universally believe in but I think it's very naive to think that Sharia, that legal rulings are derived in a vacuum, that people do not bring their own histories and politics and social pledges to bear when they interpret the Koran."

-- Mark Durie

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“A man, well, he'll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the devil can't fool a dog.”

Source : "The Twilight Zone. The Hunt" Season 3, Episode 19, January 26, 1962.
“It's a Tim sandwich. The meat is fresh, but the bread is moldy.”
“Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.”
“Letting go of fixation is effectively a process of learning to be free, because every time we let go of something, we become free of it. Whatever we fixate upon limits us because fixation makes us dependent upon something other than ourselves. Each time we let go of something, we experience another level of freedom.”
“Men in plural [â€¦] can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and themselves.”
“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.”
“When there is no turning back, then we should concern ourselves only with the best way of going forward.”
“Vices are their own punishment”

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