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Old 05-04-2007, 10:24 AM   #31 (permalink)
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One that I like is: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" but I don't know who came up with that one.

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in my religion "Islam" we have a quote for the prophet mohammed who is close to this one but not the same

he says ...and i translate ...
"the road to hell is baved with roses and the road to heaven is baved with thistles "
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in my religion "Islam" we have a quote for the prophet mohammed who is close to this one but not the same

he says ...and i translate ...
"the road to hell is baved with roses and the road to heaven is baved with thistles "
I'll be honest with you, I never had a high regard for the Islam. Probably because I don't know a lot about it.

This quote shows that the core of the religion understands life, I can relate to it. It seems I've been looking at the outside to much instead of the inside, thank you for sharing that.

Do you understand what I mean?
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I'll be honest with you, I never had a high regard for the Islam. Probably because I don't know a lot about it.
Thanks for being honest it is ok we as muslims know that there are unfortunately many myths regarding our religion even among us and this make it difficult for some muslims to understand the religion so what would be the case for others .

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This quote shows that the core of the religion understands life, I can relate to it.
Yup this quote shows that you need to work hard to achieve your goals in other words "nothing worth having comes easy" ... in general Islam says that the core of Islam is how you communicate with others and how you treat all people ... this is another quote by prophet mohammed ...

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It seems I've been looking at the outside to much instead of the inside, thank you for sharing that.
Do you understand what I mean?
honestly .. I am not sure if i understand the last part well .. sorry but i think you mean that you have been basing your openion about this religion from outside instead of looking deeper am i right

thank you alot for sharing that i really appreciate it
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Thanks for being honest it is ok we as muslims know that there are unfortunately many myths regarding our religion even among us and this make it difficult for some muslims to understand the religion so what would be the case for others .
Yes thats very unfortunate for sure, its the same with many religions I'm affraid. People that practice them project there own problems onto them and twist it into something else.

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Yup this quote shows that you need to work hard to achieve your goals in other words "nothing worth having comes easy" ... in general Islam says that the core of Islam is how you communicate with others and how you treat all people ... this is another quote by prophet mohammed ...
The more I discover about each religion the more I think that every religions core message is one of peace and communication. How interesting that we managed to twist the message so effectively...

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honestly .. I am not sure if i understand the last part well .. sorry but i think you mean that you have been basing your openion about this religion from outside instead of looking deeper am i right
Yes exactly, I have been basing it upon clothing/media and talk from other people. Lately I've been making efforts to try to understand the core message and looking past the 'fluff'. This doesn't mean I agree with a lot of things religion stands for but I start to understand why they are doing it.
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No problem and thank you for sharing as well. Wait I think I already mentioned that, well I guess it doesn't hurt to say twice.
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Yes thats very unfortunate for sure, its the same with many religions I'm affraid. People that practice them project there own problems onto them and twist it into something else.


The more I discover about each religion the more I think that every religions core message is one of peace and communication. How interesting that we managed to twist the message so effectively...


Yes exactly, I have been basing it upon clothing/media and talk from other people. Lately I've been making efforts to try to understand the core message and looking past the 'fluff'. This doesn't mean I agree with a lot of things religion stands for but I start to understand why they are doing it.

No problem and thank you for sharing as well. Wait I think I already mentioned that, well I guess it doesn't hurt to say twice.
Cant agree with you more ..... i think 100% the same as you People that practice religions project there own problems onto them and twist it into something else. after all the core for all religions is peace and communication
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Cant agree with you more ..... i think 100% the same as you People that practice religions project there own problems onto them and twist it into something else. after all the core for all religions is peace and communication
haha awesome, I never expected to find a muslim that shared some of my beliefs. Guess my worldview is still very limited haha.
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haha awesome, I never expected to find a muslim that shared some of my beliefs. Guess my worldview is still very limited haha.
loooooool well ... all my muslim friends think like me so you can add at least another 30 muslims to you as well
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loooooool well ... all my muslim friends think like me so you can add at least another 30 muslims to you as well
haha awesome, kinda interesting that christianity is much more closed minded. I don't think a lot of us would admit that most people are doing this. haha guess I projected that onto muslims as well.

This is turning into a chat
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This is turning into a chat
loool i think so and on both this thread and the "future net worth" one
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loool i think so and on both this thread and the "future net worth" one
Yeah indeed, perhaps a better idea to take this towards a private chat and not bother the forum any longer?
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Yeah indeed, perhaps a better idea to take this towards a private chat and not bother the forum any longer?
yup i agree
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My favorite role models once said...

"Jump, and grow your wings on the way down!"

"Not taking risk is a habit, taking risks is a lifestyle!"

"It takes teamwork, to make your dream work!"



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"When you do things with limited beliefs, they manifest limited results"
-Kenny Werner, Jazz Piano player

I really like this quote, and it had a huge effect on me becuase I read this WAY before I had even heard of about Intention Manifestation or LoA.
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There are no rules, but you break them at your peril

There are rules, some can be bent, some broken, begin.

Life is what happens to you, when you're not paying attention.

I create, therefore I am.
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One of my favorite quotes from Abraham Maslow is, “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”

Also from Maslow: "The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short."
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"Life expands in proportion to one's courage."
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"I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music."
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"Why do we fall Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up again." -Batman Begins

"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." -Victor Frankl

"Love, and do what you will." -Saint Augustine

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"Yet the paradoxical aspect of my experience is that the more I am simply willing to be myself, in all this complexity of life and the more I am willing to understand and accept the realities in myself and in the other person, the more change seems to be stirred up.
It is a very paradoxical thing - that to the degree that each one of us is willing to be himself, then he finds not only himself changing; but he finds the other people to whom he relates are also changing"
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I post some of my personal quotes here ... tell me if you like it ...

"The major problem in solving a problem is to stick with those people who haven't solved the problem themselves."

"Death is nature's way of motivating us to do something meaningful before life expires"

"Life is very boring if you follow protocols. Life is productive but not interesting if you follow a routine. Life is a standstill if you dont speak to living beings"

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"Nothing and no one is greater than or lesser than the self." -The Wonders

"Nothing and no one can harm you unless you choose to allow it." -The Wonders

(which is similar to Eleanor Roosevelt's comment "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" but far vaster.)

Great quotes friends, thanks for sharing.
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Uh oh this is hard.

"I'm not black but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white" - Frank Zappa

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"I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men." -- Robert G. Ingersoll

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." -- George Washington

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend upon the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving." -- Albert Einstein
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I love the quotes in my signature and ..."I think, therefore I am"

I enjoy quotes in general - lot's of good ones out there that provide inspiration
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Quotations helped me go thru the most difficult times in my life.

One of my favorites is in my signature.

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity".

I'm always preparing myself, learning, improving, growing... it's amazing how many opportunities I get... I consider myself a very lucky guy!
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Hey guys here are some of my favorite quotes. I have a text file and books with hundreds of them. Enjoy.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
Les Brown


"The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
Henry Ford, carmaker


The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.
Martin Luther King Jr.


"No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given."
Lou Holtz


"Remember, happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think."
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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Of all the "Attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
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