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We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.

Tariq Ramadan

Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
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Acting Beautiful Principle
Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
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Humility Intellectual Modesty
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Dresses Intellectual Need
When you’re overwhelmed by your emotion, you listen less and you judge more. This is also the reality of the dogmatic mind.
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Judge Mind Reality
Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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Diversity Real Tolerance
One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.
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Heart Joy Silence
We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
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Philosophy Think Way
Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.
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Different Humble People
There is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different culture than Malaysians.
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Different Example Philosophy
Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.
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Giving Heart Think
Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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Collective Memories Memory Spiritual
We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
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Better People Treat
Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
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Greek Philosophy Religious
Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
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Humanity Solidarity Suffering
Islam can only be modernized from within. If I state that I condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. My fellow Muslims will say: Brother Tariq, you became a European, a Swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.
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Brother Practice Punishment
We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam [“we have honored the Children of Adam”] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.
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Children Mean Quran

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