#m

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

When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#astronauts #because #become #earth #go

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#faith #help #injustice #muslim #part

Communal well-being is central to human life. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#communal #human #human life #life #well-being

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've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#any #attached #before #being #freedom

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#because #breathe #connection #gives #harmony

The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#given #god #greatest #legacy #limit

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#destruction #faith #far #found #headlines

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