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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…
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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to…
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;…
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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great…
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying…
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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied…
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about…
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.
— John Climacus
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Be the apostle of the divine Eucharist, like a flame which enlightens and warms, like the Angel of his heart who will…
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If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone…
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Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
— Umar
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When we invite the Holy Ghost to fill our minds with light and knowledge, He "quickens" us, that is to say, enlightens…
— Keith K. Hilbig
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Those who yearn for true spiritual light and knowledge can only find it through the power of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit…
— M. Russell Ballard
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Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens.
— John Agard
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Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they…
— Diane Ravitch
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
— Pasquier Quesnel
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A man's mind should be single to the glory of God in everything that he starts to accomplish. We should consider that…
— Lorenzo Snow
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The BIBLE redirects my will, cleanses my emotions, enlightens my mind, and quickens my total being
— E. Stanley Jones
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For the introvert, conversation can be a very limited forum for self expression. When a song moves you, a writer gets you…
— Laurie Helgoe
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