Saint Stephen Quotes:

·         We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.

·         You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

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Jesus Quotes

·         A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

·         All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

·         Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears by voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

·         For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

·         I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

·         If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

·         It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

·         Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

Reference:

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Saint Augustine Quotes

·         Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

·         By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

·         I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

·         Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

·         Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

·         Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

·         Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

·         Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

·         God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

·         If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

·         It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

·         Love, and do what you like.

·         Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

          Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

References:
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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/saint_augustine_2.html 

Imam Ali Quotes

·              People often hate those things which they do not know or cannot understand. 

·              It is wiser to abstain then to repent. 

·              There is enough light for one who wants to see. 

·             Death is near and our mutual company is short. 

·            Poverty is the worst form of death. 

·             One, who adopts patience, will never be deprived of success though it may take a long time to reach him. 

·         Everyone, who is born, has to die and once dead he is as good as having not come into existence. 

·         One who imagines himself to be all-knowing will surely suffer on account of his ignorance. 

·         A man hypocritically started praising Imam Ali, though he had no faith in him and Imam Ali hearing these praises from him said “I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me”. 

·         Knowledge and wisdom are really the privilege of a faithful Muslim. If you have lost them, get them back even though you may have to get them from the apostates.
·         People in this world are like travelers whose journey is going on though they are asleep.

·         The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. 

·         Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended. 

·         A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind. 

·         Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly. 

·         Submission to Allah’s Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem. 

·         Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).

   Reference:
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Pope John Paul II Quotes

·       Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

·       As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

·        Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

·       Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

·      Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

Reference:
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Abu Backr Quotes

·         Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.

·         Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.

·         He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.

·         I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

·     If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.

·         It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

·         Muslims should live like brothers.

·         When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.

Reference:
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