Kenji Goto quotes

“Closing my eyes and holding still. It's the end if I get mad or scream. It's close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters.”
-- Kenji Goto

Source : "Kenji Goto tweet of tolerance goes viral in poignant memorial to journalist", www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2015.

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“I have seen horrible places and have risked my life, but I know that somehow God will always save me.”
-- Kenji Goto

Source : "Japanese reporter's bid to save friend led to IS abduction" by Antoni Slodkowski, uk.reuters.com. January 21, 2015.

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“No matter what happens to me, I will always love the people of Syria.”
-- Kenji Goto

Source : "Our Fight Against ISIS" by Chaker Khazaal, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2015.

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“I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.”

“I wanted to live. For the father and brother who I never knew and for my mother who was cheated of a life of happiness. I wanted to live for them. And I wanted to live for me.”

“In beloved Iraq, blood is flowing between brothers, in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war.”

Source : "Saudi: US Iraq presence illegal". news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2007.

“Muslims should live like brothers.”

“When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do. But when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.”

“Observe the world around you everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do.”

“I really hate it when I can’t score runs from a ball.”

“But I don't fit. Your family hates me. I make your life difficult." That's where she was wrong. "No, You're my family. And as for making my life difficult, you, Blaire Wynn, make my life complete.”

“I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.”

“I hate to complain...No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.”