"A view of the unseemly actions of drunken men is the most effectual dissuasive from wine."

"If that were true , then all this progress would have come about thousands of years ago, and not just in the last century or so. But each of the advances... cited were made only recently, after the En…"

"And the court did not, at all, make any distinction between whether or not a person is Shi’ite or Sunni. They are reviewing a crime, and a procedure, and a trial, and a sentence, and carrying out the …"

"The exchange of wit-covered put-downs is boys’ and men’s unconscious way of training each other to handle the criticism it takes to become successful."

"Abu Hurayra reported the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Race to good actions as fast as you can. What are you waiting for except delayed poverty, oppressive wealth…"