Idealist- Realist

“Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On the other hand, He may Allow you to fall into disobedience which happens to lead you to the right path. DISOBEDIENCE that teaches you HUMILITY is better than PIETY that fills you with VANITY and ARROGANCE.”
― Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Islamic Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism

“collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles.”
― Gregory F. Treverton, Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)

“The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.”
― Tariq Ramadan, What I Believe

“The sun symbolizes the Divine intelligence; the empty vastness of space symbolizes the Divine All-Possibility and also the Divine immutability; a bird symbolizes the soul; a tree symbolizes the grades of being; and water symbolizes knowledge and rain revelation.”
― Osman Bakar, Tawhid and Science