"The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways."

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Source : "Keeping Together in Time". Book by William Hardy McNeill, Ch. 4: Religious Ceremonies, 1995.

William Hardy McNeill

#Wisdom Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Example Quotes

“Let my muse Fail of thy former helps, and only use Her inadulterate strength. What's done by me Hereafter shall smell of the lamp, not thee.”
“Terrorism against our nation will not stand.”
“I believe without any doubt that you are the finest generation this Church has ever had.”
“Mammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish.”
“While there's life, there's hope.”
“What is best for people is what they do for themselves.”
“Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.”

Source : 1986 Speech, 5 Feb.
“My responsibility as a poet, as an artist, is to not look away.”

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