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“The writer should never be ashamed of staring.
There is nothing that does not require his attention.”
—Flannery O’Connor
There's always a danger of writers believing their own publicity.
We live in a world of puff and solicited blurb, a world of favours and backscratching.
—Michael Longley
#NFTart Competition on #Hive :
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‘Truly I seek refuge in Thee from questioning Thee concerning that whereof I have no knowledge.’
#Quran
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. —Herman Melville
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise.
—William Blake
The mouth was shaped to gasp
the eyes drawn to attend
the soul commanded to obey.
What else is there to say?
https://t.co/wmyjTcaYlE #wednesdaythought
‘Culture (adab) really means "the collection of virtuous qualities" ...
The Sufis define culture as "dwelling with praise-worthy qualities" ...
Those who have knowledge are in every case more honored than those who have intelligence.’
—al-Hujwiri,Revelation of the Veiled
“at the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this?
And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?”
—Ilya Kaminsky
I was commanded to be humble so that nobody oppresses another.
عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَوَاضَعُوا حَتَّى لَا يَبْغِيَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَفْخَرَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ
#Hadith