The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
YASMIN MOGAHEDAs inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
IMAM ALI -
The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.
BARBARA EHRENREICH -
In true love, there is no pride.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The world cannot be wrong if in this world there’s you.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN -
The choice you made is good. Keep walking.
PRIYANKA SHARMA -
You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.
KHALED HOSSEINI -
To love the imperfect side of yourself is a transformational mindset in itself for growth.
JESSICA COLLINS -
I’ve been told my voice is weird my whole life but now I’m Grammy Nominated with Platinum and Gold songs. Just believe in yourself, stay humble, and be a good person.
GIVEON -
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
TERESA OF AVILA -
I am a particle physicist, which is the nearest branch to nuclear physics. So in that sense I was the sort of right connection with the subject of nuclear energy and so on.
ABDUS SALAM -
Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness.
LEBRON JAMES -
I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
CONOR MCGREGOR -
A metallurgist is someone who can look at a platinum blonde and tell whether she’s virgin material or a common ore.
BRIAN JOHNSON -
Wise men change, fools stay the same.
KEVIN GATES -
Sometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
ODD KEN -
When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL -
I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS -
Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI -
Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.
BRUCE WILLIS -
They often become frightened whenever they feel anything intensely, be it anger, pain, fear, or even love and joy. They fear their emotions will consume them or make them crazy.
BEVERLY ENGEL -
Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
CARL SAGAN -
Because of the person I am I won’t be knocked down — ever. They can say I’m fat, I’m thin, I’m whatever, and I’ll never stop. I just won’t. I’ve got too much to do. I’ve too much to be happy about.
KATE WINSLET -
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
MOLIERE -
I cannot be what I am not.
JOHN LENNON -
I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
BEBE NEUWIRTH