#us

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#exercise #finds #his #man #mind

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#beings #designed #emotions #hopes #intended

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#among #been #education #except #form

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#different #drawn #expect #explore #material

Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#form #hard #islam #original #pliable

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#bad #bank #bodies #countries #even

As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#could #defeated #just #long #muslims

Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#fixed #islam #muslims #ordered #stable

Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#curse #docile #made #oil #us

Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves? ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#dollar #even #ourselves #should #trade