“The great British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood maintained in The Idea of History that to write well about a historical figure, you need both empathy and imagination. By this he did not mean spinning tales out of thin… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
We need many more intrepid women who set out to expand both their and our concepts of the world. We need them in writing… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“The great British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood maintained in The Idea of History that to write well about a historical figure, you… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“In Shia lore, Fatima lives on in another dimension to witness her sons’ suffering and to weep for them. She is the Holy Mother,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“Those who are comfortably established in life tend to have no need to ask what it means. They are the insiders, and for them,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“It was the means of making it clear that no matter how painful, Muhammad needed to be true to himself, to his voice and… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
I'm always asking questions - not to find 'answers,' but to see where the questions lead. Dead ends sometimes? That's fine. New directions? Interesting.… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“Assassination creates an instant hero of its target. Any past sins are not just forgiven but utterly forgotten.” — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
Muhammad's is one of those rare lives that is more dramatic in reality than in legend. In fact the less one invokes the miraculous,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined. — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
There is no perfect solution to depression, nor should there be. And odd as this may sound we should be glad of that. It… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
