"O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty."

-- Rabia Basri

#Wisdom Quotes #Religion Quotes #Paradise Quotes

“I realized that I had died and been reborn numberless times but just didn't remember because the transitions from life to death and back are so ghostly easy, a magical action for naught, like falling asleep and waking up again a million times, the utter casualness and deep ignorance of it.”
“I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.”
“For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible.”

Source : Jacques Attali (1985). “Noise: The Political Economy of Music”, p.3, Manchester University Press
“Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.”
“It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate from acting. Sometimes, he or she is a great actor. Sometimes a third-rate one. But the star is something that you fall in love with ...”

Source : Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.193, Macmillan
“Grace is power as well as pardon.”
“The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.”
“Great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.”

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