"Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones we are about to harmonize."

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Source : "Curiosities of Literature". Book by Isaac D'Israeli, 1791.

Isaac D'Israeli

#Symphony Quotes #Mind Quotes #Tone Quotes

“The Koran calls for belief and consequent obedience. It is, surely, calculated to inspire fear, indeed abject terror, rather than love.”

Source : "The Terrors of Islam". Atheist Notes, No. 6, 2004.
“It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.”
“I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner circuitries of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be.”
“Nothing â€” the only perfection, the only absolute. Infinite and eternal nothing.”
“How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?”
“History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.”
“When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.”
“Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.”

Source : Said Nursi (2008). “The Gleams: Reflections on Qur'anic Wisdom and Spirituality”

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