O mankind! We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Surely, Allah is Knowing, Aware
- Quran 49:13
And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know
- Quran 30:22
Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day, and the ships that run in the sea with that which profits men, and the water that God sends down from the cloud, then gives life with it to the earth after its death and spreads in it all (kinds of) animals, and the changing of the winds and the clouds made subservient between the heaven and the earth, there are signs for those who understand.
- Quran 2:164
Surely, to Allah we belong, and to Him is our return
- Quran 2:156
Those to whom the people said, ‘All the people have gathered against you; so fear them.’ That only increased them in faith, and they said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us, and He is an excellent trustee.
- Surah Aal-e-Imran verse 173
People from the time of Adam onwards are as equal as the teeth of a comb. Arabs are not superior to non Arabs, nor are Redskinned people better than Blacks. No superiority or virture exists except in terms of Piety.
- Prophet Mohammad (s)
Verily the love of this world is the root-cause of all evils.
- Prophet Mohammad (s)
Value five things before they are finished and gone. Value your life before death comes, your good health before sickness comes, your youth before old age comes, your spare time before worldly affairs leave you none, and your wealth before it is lost.
- Prophet Mohammad (s)
My Lord! I did not worship you for fear of Hell nor for a desire of Paradise. Rather I found you worthy of worship.
- Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world. Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.
– Imam Ali
Your remedy is within you — but you do not sense it. Your sickness is within you — but you do not perceive it. You presume that you are a small entity – whereas within you is concealed the vast world. You are indeed that magnificent book – by whose alphabet the hidden becomes evident. Therefore you have no needs beyond yourself Your essence and secrets are in you — if only you can reflect.
- Imam Ali
There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.
- Imam Ali
Stir like an embryo. Evolve senses which can witness Light. Mature in this womb-world, and prepare for your second birth out of earth into the limitless.
- Jalal Al-Din Rumi
We are discussing no small matter, but how we ought to live.
- Socrates
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
- Albert Einstein
When people ask me to compare the 20th century to older civilizations, I always say the same thing: The situation is normal.
- Will Durant
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
- Albert Einstein
They who have put out the people’s eyes, reproach them of their blindness.
- John Milton
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- George Santayana
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
- Albert Einstein
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail April 16 1963
These words I write keep me from total madness.
- Charles Bukowski
Not all those who wander are lost.
- JRR Tolkien
Let us walk softly on the Earth – With all living beings great and small – Remembering as we go that one God – Kind and Wise created all
- A Native American Blessing.
The Roots of Violence – Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice Politics without principles
- Gandhi
And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
- Quoted in Biblical Sources.
It does not take many words to tell the truth.
- Chief Joseph of Nez Perce Native American Tribe.
