Treading the Path

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“If we neglect the heart, we are never going to understand reality as it truly is.”
—   Imam al-Ghazzali

“Some people forgive themselves everything and condemn everyone else. Some condemn everything about themselves and find extenuating circumstances for others. Some do not forgive themselves for anything and forgive nothing. And others forgive everything and (almost) everyone. To love and forgive is to be both demanding and indulgent. This is a matter of balance. An Islamic prophetic tradition says: ‘Find seventy excuses for your brother (sister), and if you cannot find any, imagine that there is one excuse you do not know.’ [Bayhaqi] This suggestion echoes the Christian maxim ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself,’ and ‘Thou shalt not judge.’ It is about loving and suspending one’s judgement. This does not mean accepting everything that others do (in which case there would be no love), but it does mean taking the view that their mistakes or sins do not tell us the whole truth about them. In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare suggests that we ‘Condemn the fault and not the actor of it’ if we wish to ensure that we do not punish the wrong person. All the monotheisms recommend that we make that distinction: human beings can judge acts, but only God is in a position to judge human beings. When human beings turn into judges, they invent not the hereafter on earth but hell.”
—   “The Quest for Meaning” - Tariq Ramadan, pp. 201, 202 (via lovelydeen)

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“I gain truth when I expand my constricted eye.”
—   Minnie Bruce Pratt

“And We have created the world in truth so that every soul shall earn what it has earned and that it may not be wronged.”
—   Qur’an, 45:22

“Life is tough; the great perversity of our age is our desperation to make it even tougher on ourselves.”
—   Farid Esack
Truth. Infinite wisdom. 

Truth. Infinite wisdom. 

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“The scariest thing is when people look up to you but you know the truth about your own self.”
—   Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam

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“May your noble intentions be elevated and life’s objectives be facilitated as you continue to do all that you do. May your lives be free of any worry, anxiety, hardship or pain and may peace be the core of your existence. May you honor the rights of others and others honors your rights. May you be trusted because you are truthful, praised because you are sincere and elevated because you are someone we can all look up to. May you be protected from hearts that are not humble, from tongues that are not wise and from eyes that have forgotten how to cry. Ameen.”
—   Imam Khalid Latif: A Final Reflection On Ramadan

“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
—   John Green

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“People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.”
—   Marianne Williamson

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“Whenever you have hope, you’re never really anybody’s prisoner.”
—   The Tale of Despereaux
Truth

Truth

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“Truth is like the stars, it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”
—   Kahlil Gibran 

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