Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. – Abdolkarim Soroush
My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that theres a consistency that holds out, but is hard to define. – Lee Krasner
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana