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When it comes to doing the will of God, God-ordained passions are far more important than any human qualification we can bring to the table. In fact, God often uses us at our point of greatest incompetence. That way He gets all the credit.
“War was a central theme in maths books too. School books - because the Taliban printed books soley for boys - did not calcualte in apples and cakes, but in bullets and kalasnikovs. Something like this: 'little Omar has a kalasnikov with three magazines. There are twenty bullets in each magazine. He uses two thirds of the bullets and kills sixty infidels does he kill with each bullet?”
― The Bookseller of Kabul
― The Bookseller of Kabul
“God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.”
― Angels & Demons
― Angels & Demons
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
Poetry Writing Contests
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