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“The seeking of wealth for a valid reasons is exhorted and is full of significance. Lawful wealth too plays its part in the acquisition of peace of mind, which is an end desired by the religion.”

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Indian Muslim scholar

Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen , p.44

Peace , Religion , Law , Wealth

“Without the head, man is a dead body. So too, without prayers, all other acts of worship are lifeless.”

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Indian Muslim scholar

Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen p.71

Dead

“Remembrance creates and strengthens a special bond between man and His Creator.”

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Indian Muslim scholar

Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen p.80

“Mosques  are  not  places  for mundane  activities.  Mosques  are  erected  purely  for  the  remembrance and worship  of  Allah.”

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Indian Muslim scholar

Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen p.76

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“We need to strategize how we can live in a world beyond nukes, because there will never be peace as long as these weapons exist.”

Abby Martin (1984) American journalist

Interview https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/20/what-are-the-prospects-for-peace-an-interview-with-abby-martin/ with Counterpunch (2021)

Peace , World
Abby Martin photo

“Many US journalists and politicians acknowledge that climate change is the largest threat facing humanity, but few point to the fact that the US military is the largest institutional polluter, and emitter of carbon emissions, and every single climate treaty excludes their responsibility.”

Abby Martin (1984) American journalist

Interview https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/20/what-are-the-prospects-for-peace-an-interview-with-abby-martin/ with Counterpunch (2021)

Change
Abby Martin photo

“The need for critical media literacy and mass organizing has never been more urgent. If you want to go down the rabbit hole with me to learn more about the true nature of the US government and how we can unite to demilitarize our communities, check out The Empire Files.”

Abby Martin (1984) American journalist

Interview https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/20/what-are-the-prospects-for-peace-an-interview-with-abby-martin/ with Counterpunch (2021)

Communication , Learning , Nature
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“The entire military is loyal to the nation, loyal to the constitution and executes orders in accordance with the law. This must not be questioned.”

Fang Mao-hung (1963)

Source: Fang Mao-hung (2021) cited in " ‘Begonia’ map on military insignia must go: legislator http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201810300006.aspx" on Taipei Times, 14 December 2021.

Law , Question

“Part of the Andronovo toponyms can only be interpreted as Indo-Aryan. Moreover, ”the Indo-Iranian toponyms of the pre-Scythian period have been found on the territory populated by the Fedorovo tribes”.”

Elena Efimovna Kuzmina (1931–2013) Russian archaeologist

Elena Kuzmina, Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Brill, Leiden). quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2018). Still no trace of an Aryan invasion: A collection on Indo-European origins.

Parting

“The hypothesis of an origin of the Fedorovo type in the Urals has been disputed. The sources for Fedorovo ceramic technology and triangular ornametation are found in the Eneolithic of central and eastern Kazakhstan.”

Elena Efimovna Kuzmina (1931–2013) Russian archaeologist

Elena Kuzmina, Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Brill, Leiden). quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2018), p.201. Still no trace of an Aryan invasion: A collection on Indo-European origins.

“Material culture including “a cult of the horse” moves from the eastern slopes of the Urals to Central Asia, but: “There is no evidence that they reached India.””

Elena Efimovna Kuzmina (1931–2013) Russian archaeologist

Elena Kuzmina, Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Brill, Leiden). quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2018), p.452. Still no trace of an Aryan invasion: A collection on Indo-European origins.

Horse
Yuri Knorozov photo

“There are no indecipherable writings, any writing system produced by man can be read by man.”

Yuri Knorozov (1922–1999) Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)

Epigraphic Atlas of Petén Phase 1 http://cemyk.org/pages/en/publications-projects.php

Reading
Yuri Knorozov photo

“What created by a human mind, can be solved by another human mind. From this point of view does not exist and cannot exist unsolved problems in any area of science.”

Yuri Knorozov (1922–1999) Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)

Profile of Yuri Knorozov http://cemyk.org/pages/en/yuri-knorosov.php

Problem , Science
Seraphim of Sarov photo

“Acquire a peaceful spirit and then thousands of others around you will be saved.”

Seraphim of Sarov (1754–1833) Russian saint

As quoted in The Inner Kingdom (2000) by Kallistos Ware, p. 133.
As quoted in The Folly of Prayer : Practicing the Presence and Absence of God (2009) by Matt Woodley, p. 156.
Variant: Acquire a peaceful spirit, and then thousands around you will be saved.
Variant: Acquire a peaceful spirit, and around you thousands will be saved.

Peace

“Predictability is not how things will go, but how they can go.”

Raheel Farooq Pakistani writer

Kalam (2018)

“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”

Raheel Farooq Pakistani writer

Kalam (2018)

Problem , World

“Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.”

Raheel Farooq Pakistani writer

Kalam (2018)

Hell , World , Men
Francisco Franco photo

“We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box. Spain has no foolish dreams.”

Francisco Franco (1892–1975) Spanish general and dictator

Statement during the civil war, cited in 1938 by Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915079,00.html, also cited in John A. Crittenden, Parties and elections in the United States, Prentice-Hall, 1982, (p.6).
1930s, 1938

Box , Dreams
Francisco Franco photo

“I say this to you because we Spaniards are a forgetful people, because we are used to living for the moment, because we do not look back, because we do not know how to see the chain of heroes, because we do not contemplate the sum of sacrifices.”

Francisco Franco (1892–1975) Spanish general and dictator

1940s, 1940, Laureate Cross acceptance speech (July 1940)

Forgetting , People