"People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak."

-- Al-Ghazali

#Wisdom Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Islamic Quotes

“Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the Earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?”
“the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2013). “The White Queen”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.”
“A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to grow in love. A community is alive when it is poor and its members feel they have to work together and remain united, if only to ensure that they can all eat tomorrow!”
“Horror writers are specialists in the worst case scenario”
“Lately I've been runnin' on faith. What else can a poor boy do?”
“When I start a song, it's the first thought. It's the first thought and the first cadence, because that's the most natural.”
“I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.”

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