"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue."

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Source : Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”

Arnold J. Toynbee

#Freedom Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Race Quotes

“I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'”
“My dog watches me on TV. So, if I may take this opportunity, "No! No! No!"”
“I did not have a reputation to defend.”
“I am going to keep my mind (well, what's left of it) occupied by doing (and I never thought the day would come when I would say this) my homework.”
“Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts.”
“If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.”
“...Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray...Black and white make things easier, but only if you don't want to think.”

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