"The agnostic has a very curious notion of religion. He is convinced that a man who says 'I believe in God' should at once become perfect; if this does not happen, then the believer must be a fraud and a hypocrite. He thinks that adherence to a religion is the end of the road, whereas it is in fact only the beginning of a very long and sometimes very rough road. He looks for consistency in religious people, however aware he may be of inconsistencies in himself"

Source : Gai Eaton (1985). “Islam and the Destiny of Man”, p.58, SUNY Press

Charles le Gai Eaton

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“There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”
“There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.”
“I believe that that foolish man of Galilee, Jesus Christ, had something to tell us, to tell me. Not considering his existence here, I would immediately go into despair. Immediately. And forgetting him, I would first despair of the institutional church and its hierarchy, and only later, of the Jews.”

Source : "Children of Ishmael: an interview with Fr Elias Chacour". Interview with Jim Forest, jimandnancyforest.com. September 20, 2011.
“We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.”

Source : "Gayle T. Lemmon Talks About The Dressmaker of Khair Khana". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. June 05, 2011.
“Well, I can't describe her exactly-except to say that she was beautiful. She was-tremendously alive.”
“Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world.”

Source : "45 Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar in Honour of the Master Blaster’s 44th Birthday" by Tarun Mittal, yourstory.com. April 24, 2017.
“It's funny, honestly, by rights, with a lot of the stuff that's happened to me I should be running down the street with my hair on fire, but instead I want to shape things, and I want to shake things up. There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Rose McGowan: The Agitator". Interview with Laura Dawn, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“All changes in space which we see, hear, smell or taste are literally tactile impressions. All our senses are variations of our unique sense of touch. Two approaching objects touch one another when they finally meet without a noticeable space between them. ... This is what happens in any condensing matter in which the outer aspects move towards a centre... Each single part of matter approaches its neighboring part until the two collide, causing an impact or a pressure. It is space, which appears and disappears between and round object and in the movements of the particles of the object.”

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