Quotes by clergymen

Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery. Hamza Yusuf

You People Strong Demagoguery Intellectual Get Where Capacity Who

The true object of war fought for God should always be peace. Hamza Yusuf

War God Peace Object True Always Should Fought

Every day, my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases. Hamza Yusuf

Love Day Peace Every Day Every Increases Blessings Him Muhammad

To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me. Hamza Yusuf

Saying Me Incredibly Solace Simply Soothing Name His Effect Muhammad

A lot of our leadership has become acutely aware of speaking more fairly, of speaking more balanced, of recognizing that hate speech in any form, even if it comes out of emotional anger, is dangerous. Hamza Yusuf

Leadership Anger Hate Dangerous Become Our Out Recognizing More Emotional Balanced Fairly Lot Any Form Speaking Even Aware Speech

Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace. Hamza Yusuf

Peace Resolved Until Issue Palestine

We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe. Hamza Yusuf

Religion People Tribe Must Islamic Assert Thing Extension Last

Hunger can bring out the worst in us. Hamza Yusuf

Worst Hunger Out Us Bring

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. Harold Kushner

Death World Fear Ending Our Our Lives Haunts Never Well Concerned Am As Far As Might Far Much Convinced Lived Lives Sleep

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. Harry Emerson Fosdick

War Democracy Hate Starvation Puts Dictatorships After Place

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Business Something Simply Retire

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Preaching Group Counseling Personal Basis

Our power is not so much in us as through us. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Power Our Through Us Much

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself. Harry Emerson Fosdick

You Yourself Whatever Others Laugh Laughs

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Success Alone Yourself Will Picture Vividly Winning Contribute

I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all. Hazrat Inayat Khan

Soul Seen My Soul Souls Realized

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. Hazrat Inayat Khan

Life Silence Everything Spite Speaking Apparent

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant. Hazrat Inayat Khan

Life Work Character Gratitude Personality Beauty Fragrant Absent Qualified Devoid Learned Makes However His Person Which Whom

If you and I desire the blessings of life, of health, of vigor of body and mind; if we desire the destroying angel to pass us by, as he did in the days of the children of Israel, we must obey the Word of Wisdom; then God is bound, and the blessing shall come to us. Heber J. Grant

Life Wisdom God Health You Blessing Obey Word Mind Angel Destroying Must Shall He Bound Days Come Blessings Pass Israel Did Children Then Us Body Vigor Desire

Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a remarkable and splendid thing to encourage a boy to do something besides perhaps milking cows if he was on a farm, if he had ambitions along athletic lines. Heber J. Grant

Mother Ambition Farm Besides Athletic Something General Remarkable Splendid Had He Along Perhaps Well Boy Lord Saint Lines Encourage Cows Thank Realized Who Thing