#k

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#acquaintance #books #brag #learn #lords

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#brass #coins #current #gold #honor

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#different #i #i think #managed #may

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#back #bring #cry #i #i always

Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#became #cast #causes #character #connect

I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#because #believed #could #even #faith

This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#beauty #created #creation #everything #general

When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#both #good #lot #perform #takes

The words of the songs speak for themselves. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#speak #themselves #words

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#became #big #big star #films #goal