...it is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge.

Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human condition.

But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.

I thank Thee that many of my prayers have been refused... I have longed for Egypt and have been given a wilderness.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

If he treats you a choice like A, B, C, and D, help him understand that YOU are not belong in the choices.

The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.

The X-Games - I watch that; I'm not impressed. That's white dudes' desperation. They're running out of sports. They gotta find something that black dudes won't touch.

I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I will try, for once, who can foot it farthest.

Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in hell and neither do most Christians

Baptism is faith in action.