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Submission, when it is submission to the truth — and when the truth is known to be both beautiful and merciful — has nothing in common with fatalism or stoicism as these terms are understood in the Western tradition, because its motivation is different. According to Fakhr ad-Din ar-RazT, one of the great commentators upon the Quran: The worship of the eyes is weeping, the worship of the ears is listening, the worship of the tongue is praise, the worship of the hands is giving, the worship of the body is effort, the worship of the heart is fear and hope, and the worship of the spirit is surrender and satisfaction in Allah. ↗

— Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi

#fatalism #islam #quran #stoicism #worship

When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't. ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#attention #bright #depressed #hell #i

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#death #event #only #taxable #washington

The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming. ↗

— Al Stewart

#coming #dawn #evening #sings #surely

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#deeply #i #neurotic #sure #thing

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#been #champion #dead #definitely #had

It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all. ↗

— William James

#religion #spirituality #experience

Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough. ↗

— Guy Fieri

#enough #fall #hard #least #like

It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by. ↗

— Eva Figes

#chance #done #fear #given #hidden

We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone. ↗

— Francois Fillon

#economic system #governance #need #place #put