In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to its real value, but to the value our fancies set upon it. Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)
Joseph Addison Quote – “What was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment…”
How our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment. Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719)
Abd-el-Kader Quote – “Take a thorn-bush and sprinkle it…”
Take a thorn-bush and sprinkle it for a whole year with water — it will yield nothing but thorns. Take a date-tree, leave it without culture, and it will always produce dates. Abd-el-Kader (1808 – 1883)
Muhammad Quote – “A man should be so disinterested and untrammeled…”
A man should be so poor that he is not and has not a place for God to act in. To reserve a place would be to maintain distinctions. A man should be so disinterested and untrammeled that he does not know what God is doing in him. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “If all the trees on earth were pens…”
If all the trees on earth were pens, and if there were seven oceans full of ink, they would not suffice to describe the wonders of the Almighty. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “I am the sight he sees with…”
My servant does not cease to come near Me until I love him; and when I love him, I am the sight he sees with and the hearing he hears with and the hand he receives with and the foot he walks with. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “Die before you die.”
Die before you die. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “The Almighty created the angels and conferred reason upon them…”
The Almighty created the angels and conferred reason upon them, and He created the beasts and conferred passion upon them, and He created man and conferred reason and passion both upon him. He whose reason prevails over his passion is higher than the angels, and he whose passion prevails over his reason is lower than the beasts. Muhammad (570 – […]
Muhammad Quote – “If you walk toward Him…”
If you walk toward Him, He comes to you running. Muhammad (570 – 632)
Muhammad Quote – “Do what you should do when you should do it…”
Do what you should do when you should do it. Refuse to do what you should not do. And when it is not clear, wait until you are sure. Muhammad (570 – 632)
