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He was decisive and wholehearted in everything he did, so intent non the task at hand that he never looked over his shoulder, even if…

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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their…
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to…
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;…
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great…
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying…
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied…
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about…
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

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It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin--every one of these monsters,… — Charlton Heston
Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers… — Vince Gilligan
Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least… — Amin Maalouf
He was decisive and wholehearted in everything he did, so intent non the task at hand that he never looked over his… — Karen Armstrong
My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering… — H. Rap Brown
Prison was tough on me. I saw people in prison that made me ashamed I was a human being. Some make Qaddafi… — Evel Knievel
Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the very same time and then deliberately kept… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Be happy ma sis, wherever u r (Amin) — Lady Gaga

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