"When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean anything."

-- Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

#Dream Quotes #Kings Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when you have you're an entrepreneur.”
“Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other... I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together.”
“Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.”
“Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.”

Source : Song: (the Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, Album: My Aim Is True
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”
“Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.”
“There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.157, Taylor & Francis
“Sometimes the best solution is simplification.”

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