"All living things on earth are kindred."

-- Edward Abbey

#Earth Quotes #Kindred Quotes

“Whenever you define who you are, you limit yourself to what you may potentially be.”
“There are no bad foods, only bad food habits.”

Source : Alton Brown (2012). “I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking”, p.21, Abrams
“One of the hallmarks of a life well lived, a life worthy to return to God's presence and receive a fulness of the Father, is to be "valiant in the testimony of Jesus". Paul was valiant, and we can be valiant as well. To be "valiant in the testimony of Jesus" is to be faithful.”
“When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.”
“I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.”
“I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.”
“Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.”

Source : Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books
“The significance of the vast Islamic scientific tradition for Muslims and especially for young Muslims today is not only that it gives them a sense of pride in their own civilization because of the prestige that science fhas in the present day world. It is furthermore a testament to the way Islam was able to cultivate various sciences extensively without becoming alienated from the Islamic world view and without creating a science whose application would destroy the world of nature and the harmony that must exist between man and the natural environment.”

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