Jordy

“If change is to come-as it must-it needs to be from within an Islamic framework and introduced by Muslims who have credibility within their own society.”
― Akbar Ahmed, Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization

“Acts of conscience are always motivated by loyalty to a conviction, but they usually demand defiance of other loyalties.”
― Allison Stanger, Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."

(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
― Patti Smith

“People often come to me and ask me to pray for them, that they would discover God’s will for their life. I already know God’s will for their life – heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, cleanse lepers. They say, ‘Yes, but I need to know if I should be a schoolteacher or a missionary.’ I say, ‘Well, just pick one, and then heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, cleanse lepers.’ Or they will say, ‘I just don’t know whether I should be married or should be single.’ I reply, ‘What do you want to be?’ ‘I really want to be married.’ ‘Then get married... and heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, cleanse lepers.”
― Bill Johnson, Manifesto for a Normal Christian Life