Fudayl Quotes

#1. Photographs need to demand the viewer's attention, often implicitly, posing questions as to the nature of what is being depicted. Photographs are not there to show us the world, but to show us a version of what may be happening.

Fred Ritchin

#2. To love someone is to put yourself in their place, we say, which is to put yourself in their story, or figure out how to tell yourself their story.

Rebecca Solnit

#3. If you remember the creation (gossip about such and such a person), then remember Allah the Most High. Remembering Him is the medicine for remembering His creation.

Al Fudayl Ibn Iyad

#4. The best of knowledge and righteous acts are those hidden to the people.

Al Fudayl Ibn Iyad

#5. There is something glamorous to me in taking a bit of a beating and keeping on going.

Chris Martin

#6. I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.

Stephen King

#7. If asked whether you love God, say nothing. This is because if you say, 'I do not love God,'you are an unbeliever. If, on the other hand, you say, 'I do love God,' your actions contradict you.

Al Fudayl Ibn Iyad

#8. Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Pericles

#9. Ultimately, the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

John Scalzi