Ahmad Thomson quotes

“Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination”
-- Ahmad Thomson

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“The Bible says, 'The truth shall make you free.' But let's not forget it was Spiro Agnew who said that a good lie will keep you out of jail in the first place.”

“Never break a Muslim's heart by refusing what he offers you, when you know that anything that comes to you through him is in reality from Allah, and he is only His powerless and compelled means.”

“How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.”

“I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'”

Source : "Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness". Book by Jordan S. Metzger, p. 9, 2000.

“Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”

“Disrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.”

“Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.”

“May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

“I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.”