"The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was asked what type of earning was best, and he replied: " A man's work with his hands and every (lawful) business transaction.""

-- Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi

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“I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.”
“I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.”
“As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The American attempt to combine domestic democracy with such tyrannical control over foreigners is hopelessly contradictory and hypocritical. A country can be democratic or it can be imperialistic, but it cannot be both.”

Source : Chalmers Johnson (2010). “Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope”, p.34, Metropolitan Books
“If someone tells you to do something for money, tell them to go to hell,”
“Not only is the world informed of everything about you, but of a great deal more.”
“A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients considered to be a living soul in the sky, in the globes and in the stars, in the sun and in the moon.”
“...after all, who isn't a survivor from the wreck of childhood?”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House”, p.212, Penguin UK
“One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.”

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