"We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?"

-- Ibn Hazm

#Wisdom Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.”
“If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.”

Source : "Character: Chandra Shekhar Azad". "Rang De Basanti", www.imdb.com. 2006.
“Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.”
“In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that age, there was a feeling of freedom and community that I wanted to partake in.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.
“Not every age allows its sons to reap the results which remain great for all time, and . . . not every century is fitted to make the men who live in it distinguished and happy.”

Source : Gustav Freytag (1904). “The journalists: a comedy in four acts”
“I talk specifically to the lifestyle and those who can relate to it. And I feel like, where the creativity comes in, is where you draw the parallels that everybody can relate to. That's where it's creative for me. I feel like it works best that way.”

Source : "Pusha T On Fronting, Responsibility And Kanye". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. October 11, 2013.
“And when you say the truth you get stronger.”
“People fear the unforeseen and the unseen. Truth be told we all fear the unseen.”

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