Lilanjmi

“Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“I told her that we go to work to provide for our families, attend school functions that our children are involved in, take a few pieces of cake we just baked over to our neighbor next door, drive our children to school in the morning. “No! No!” She said. “How do you worship?” I said we make love to our spouses, smile and greet someone we pass on the street, help our children with their homework, hold open a door for someone behind us. “Worship! I’m asking about worship!” She exclaimed. I asked her exactly what she had in mind. “You know-Rituals!” She insisted. I answered her that we practice those also and that they are a very important part of Muslim worship. I was not trying to frustrate her, but I answered her in this way in order to emphasize Islam’s comprehensive conception of worship.”
― Jeffrey Lang, Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

“Make a decision and watch your life move forward.”
― Oprah Winfrey, What I Know for Sure

“لايدرك الحقائق إلا من جرد نفسه من الأهواءونظر في الآراءكلها نظرا واحدا مستويا لايميل إلى شيءمنها وفتش أخلاق نفسِه بعقله دون هوى وتقليد”
― ابن حزم الأندلسي