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No religion with a universal message . . . under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its message. Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Force can bend heads, but not minds. ↗

— Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. ↗

— Anonymous

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Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

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ووالله لولا كراهية تمني البلاء, ولولا امر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لأمته بسؤال العافية, ولولا عدم معرفتنا امكانية صبرنا عند وقوع البلاء من عدمه, لكان تمني مثل هذا البلاء هو فعل الاذكياء النبهاء. ↗

— خالد أبو شادي

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Tuhanku Yang Maha Penyayang, ...Aku selalu merasa kurang, tak pandai, paling tak beruntung, dan terkadang batinku bertanya mengapa Engkau tak adil kepadaku. Aku sadar bahwa menyalahkan-Mu itu salah, dan karenanya Tuhanku maafkanlah aku. Tuhan, rahmatilah aku dengan kemandirian yang cukup untuk diriku sendiri, dan agar yang kulebihkan adalah untuk kebahagiaan sesama. Aamiin ↗

— Mario Teguh

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It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive justice and should not be made into a bastion of conservatism, particularly a conservatism which defends unjust privileges. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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Living life ONCE is enough...if you live life RIGHT. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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The wise man will follow a star, low and large and fierce in the heavens, but the nearer he comes to it the smaller and smaller it will grow, till he finds it the humble lantern over some little inn or stable. Not till we know the high things shall we know how lovely they are. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

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Jangan berasa malu apabila kita tidak tahu tentang sesuatu. Membaca, mengkaji dan rajinlah bertanya. Sungguh kita tidak akan pernah rugi. Allah mengurniakan kehendak pada diri kita untuk menimba ilmu. Maknanya, Peluang sentiasa terbuka untuk kita menerokanya," Fidae'i Al Humaidi ↗

— Thoyba Mursyidah

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They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. This is what any religious texts teach us. They’re all tales about characters who must confront life and overcome obstacles, figures setting off on a journey of spiritual enrichment through exploits and revelations. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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