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  • I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Self Quotes , Simplicity Quotes
  • Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Self Quotes , Achievement Quotes
  • The universe is deathless; Is deathless because, having no finite self, it stays infinite. A sound man by not advancing himself stays the further ahead of himself, By not confining himself to himself sustains himself outside himself: By never being an end in himself he endlessly becomes himself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Men Quotes , Self Quotes
  • What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the end, judge us still more severely for the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Errors Quotes , Self Quotes
  • A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Self Quotes
  • I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense. A 100 percent elimination policy (by Ankara of the Kurds) has forced me to defense and it has become a glorious defense of a people.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Abdullah Ocalan Quotes , War Quotes , Self Quotes