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Beware of yourself, when the energy that moves you in life is actually the ego’s energy, but has found a religious form of expression. That’s the most dangerous thing of all
—Abdal Hakim Murad (via thelittlephilosopher)
(Source: studentofjafar, via thelittlephilosopher)
A man said to Imam Sadiq (A.S.):
“When a person says to me: ‘I like (or love) you.’ How do I know that he is telling the truth?”
The Imam (A.S.) answered the man:
“Examine your heart, if you like him then he likes you. Look in your heart, if it refuses your companion then one of you has done something.”
Al-Wafi v.3, p. 106
I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
—J.D. Salinger; Seymour - An Introduction (via modernhepburn)
(Source: allmymetaphors, via modernhepburn)
“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene
(via brazen-thought)
Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, “So what.” That’s one of my favorite things to say. “So what.” “My mother didn’t love me.” So what. “My husband won’t ball me.” So what. “I’m a success but I’m still alone.” So what. I don’t know how I made it through all the years before I learned how to do that trick. It took a long time for me to learn it, but once you do, you never forget.
— Andy Warhol (via theonlymagicleftisart)
If passion drives you, let reason be the reins.
—Benjamin Franklin (via thelittlephilosopher)
(via thelittlephilosopher)
Mediocrity finds safety in “standardization” So, don’t compare and follow others… Be a non-conformist. Live your own life because no one is even remotely like you in terms of your innermost feelings, thoughts and desires.
—Dr. Dwayne Dye (via thelittlephilosopher)
(via thelittlephilosopher)
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
