Think for yourself

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know.. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.
—Mark Twain

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. 4:135

thoughts on being, language, media, philosophy, and mind
(and a dose of everyday randomness)

~ Friday, May 10 ~

turkuazimtrak:

istanbul, Türkiye

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~ Wednesday, April 17 ~

Wszyscy jesteśmy Bostończykami. Irakijczykami już nie.

Śmierć osoby niewinnej jest śmiercią straszną. Chłopiec, który czekał na tatę na maratonie w Bostonie, zginął natychmiast, a jego mama doznała urazu mózgu i w stanie krytycznym jest w szpitalu. Chł…

Tags: death news media middle east terrorism empathy pakistan Afghanistan iraq boston

~ Tuesday, April 16 ~

A Culture of Unnecessaries

We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. And it’s the 40-hour workweek that keeps us that way.

“Buy only what is necessary, not what is convenient. What is unnecessary, even if it only costs one cent, is expensive.”

- Seneca

Tags: culture popular culture Consumerism economics
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~ Saturday, March 30 ~

Tags: brain stroke

~ Sunday, March 17 ~

“ The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

— Leo Tolstoy

Tags: knowledge wisdom popular culture literature
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~ Sunday, March 3 ~

(Source: distraction)

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~ Saturday, March 2 ~

“ I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

— Edgar Allan Poe (via its-salah)

(Source: hellanne)

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~ Sunday, February 3 ~

via toobaa

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~ Thursday, January 17 ~

“ Language is the source of misunderstandings.

— Antoine de Saunt-Exupéry in The Little Prince

Tags: language
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~ Friday, January 11 ~

he made them

Tags: toys
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~ Tuesday, January 8 ~

“ Do not have conflict with one another, and if you do that, the wind that gives you strength to move forward will dissipate, and you will fail in your task. You will fail in what you want to achieve. Allah subhaana wa ta’aala said, “Rectify what is of between you.” That is, Allah says to rectify the differences that you have. Rectify the hearts, so that you come together.

— Shaikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah On Unity

Tags: islam unity
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~ Saturday, January 5 ~