Burka Quote by Nadeem Aslam Download Open image ““Modesty and decency dwell in the mind, not in a burka.”” — Nadeem Aslam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Burka Humility Psychology
“Indeed the impracticality of the burka marginalizes its wearers, and a society that allows such marginalization risks being perceived as dysfunctional.” — Farzana Hassan Copy Share Image
“Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Marley, let’s get one thing straight. I've seen you in a short skirt. I've seen your bare legs and have imagined them wrapped around… — M.K. Schiller Copy Share Image
“Tell me how they will no longer have to hide beneath burkas. How you will wrap them in lace ‘til they are all as… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
“Modesty is a state of the heart. It veils the tongue. It clothes us in good manners. It envelops us with the best of… — T.J. Bowes Copy Share Image
“I knew at once that even burka-clad women were not convinced that they had to wear it; it has just become a political tool.” — Farzana Hassan Copy Share Image
“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.” — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
“Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the right way… — Andrew M. Greeley Copy Share Image
“Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.” — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Modesty is an admirable quality, but it shouldn't be confused with insecurity or self-doubt.” — Sofia Malamas Copy Share Image
“Only twenty - nine years in the entire human history had been without warfare, and now here he was too, travelling between the episodes… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
“If love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness, then he had loved Mikal since they were ten years old....… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble. — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
“If love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness, then he had loved Mikal since they were both ten years… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
“He knows that had he been a young man himself he would not have stopped at Peshawar: he doesn’t know how he would have… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind… — Hana Ali Copy Share Image
“Her skirts, sleeves, collar, and hat saw to it that none of the young ruffians of the Leased Territories would have the opportunity to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“She yanked up the veil from Sarah’s burka to catch her breath in the night’s thick air. Frantic, Zoe snatched her cell phone from… — Michael Benzehabe Copy Share Image
“There is a face beneath this mask, but it isn't me. I'm no more that face than I am the muscles beneath it, or… — Steve Moore Copy Share Image
