Ryan

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“...and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“Pragmatism is but an experience, and idealism is but a dream. If we live solely by the force of experience, we fall captive to our limita-tions, and if we live solely by the force of dreams we fall captive to delusion.”
― Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books

“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves; We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― Shams Of Tabriz