Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
Al-Shafi‘i
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We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.
Chogyam Trungpa
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None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.
George Clooney
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Youth loves honor and victory more than money.
Aristotle
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The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
Aristotle
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
Aristotle
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The same thing may have all the kinds of causes, e.g. the moving cause of a house is the art or the builder, the final cause is the function it fulfils, the matter is earth and stones, and the form is the definitory formula.
Aristotle
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No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Though Dutch, I was considered of Aryan race and my child -- otherwise shamed as uneheliches Kind, conceived out of wedlock -- might just be accepted into the Lebensborn program and raised by a good German family.
Pam Jenoff
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Helping to find jobs, counseling, whatever we can offer, because there's all different kinds of people here who want to give of their services or their homes, who may or may not have already given money or of their time, or clothing or whatever. So, it's really just to try to bring as many people together as we can.
J. M. Roberts
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Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.
William Lewis Trogdon
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It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God.
Elisabeth Elliot