“I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.” IfsFormLawBeliefStrongRichModernDrawsResponseIslamTraumaDrivenTraditionalIslamicDistinctionEntiretyIslamic Law Author:Daniel Pipes
“It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare the sun in the face: you can stand only so much of it. Because we cannot live frozen in fear, we generate methods to soften death's terror. We project ourselves into the future through our children; we grow rich, famous, ever larger; we develop compulsive protective rituals; or we embrace an impregnable belief in an ultimate rescuer.” TryingChildrenMomentsFacesDeathBeliefGrowsEasySunRichProjectsUltimateOur ChildrenMethodEmbraceTerrorStaringRitualFrozenProtectiveLive Every Moment Book:Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death Source: Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
“There is the general belief that the corporation income tax is a tax on the "rich" and on the "fat cats." But with pension funds owning 30% of American large business-and soon to own 50%-the corporation income tax, in effect, eases the load on those in top income brackets and penalizes the beneficiaries of pension funds.” WisdomPoliticsBeliefEconomyRichEffectsTaxesCatIncomeFatsEaseCorporationsLiberalismFundLoadIncome TaxPensionBeneficiariesBrackets Author:Peter Drucker
“What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.” PeopleIfsBelieveHardYoungOpportunityBeliefI BelieveNationsSimplePoorPartyRaceResponsibilityRichHard WorkProfoundNotionRegionsTaking ResponsibilityGet AheadRich Or Poor Author:Barack Obama
“Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or temporarily able-bodied, or to hold a particular belief system.” MeanAbleYoungBeliefBlackWhitePoorRichParticularFemaleMalesIrrelevantDisabledBelief SystemsBlack Or WhiteRich Or Poor Author:Rosalie Maggio
“Liberals correctly perceive the Reagan record as their most dangerous enemy. Why? Because what happened during the 1980s - prosperity at home the longest period of peacetime growth in this nation's history, strength abroad - directly contradicts every liberal belief. Bill Clinton has confused many about the 1980s and the Reagan legacy. His patently false mantra states, "The rich got richer, the poor got poorer. The rich didn't pay their fair share, etc."” StatesHomeBeliefNationsGrowthPoorPayEnemyRichRecordsHappenedShareDangerousDangerPeriodsFairsBillsClintonProsperityLegacyPerceiveConfusedEtcMantrasFair Share Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have the rich seed-beds of Western homes found such a growing climate for guilt as is produced in the South by the combination of a warm moist evangelism and racial segregation.” ChildrenHomeChristianCultureFoundBeliefRichFateGrowingAtheismBedGuiltSouthClimateWesternWarmPositive AtheismSeedsCombinationSegregationEvangelismRacial Segregation Author:Lillian Smith
“It is possible for two people who have wide differences of preference and opinion, of habits, of teaching, of training, of background and belief to enjoy the company of each other in many ways. Indeed, a diversity of friendships is one of life's real enrichments. To learn of the goodness of those who are unlike-their worth, their sincerity, their good hearts, their good minds, their good company-is rich and rewarding. It is wonderful to have a wide range of choice friends who can be counted on, friends who can be enjoyed and loved and trusted. Such is the meaning of friendship.” PeopleWayMindHeartTwoRealChoicesBeliefEnjoyDifferencesCompanyOpinionRichWonderfulTeachingHabitGoodnessDiversityTrainingWideBackgroundsEnjoyedRangeSincerityTrustedPreferenceGood HeartGood CompanyEnrichmentGood MindMeaning Of Friendship Author:Richard L. Evans
“There are two forms of disappointment that interest me: religious and political disappointment. Religious disappointment flows from the realization that religious belief is not an option for us. Political disappointment flows from the fact that there is injustice - that we live in a world that is radically unjust and violent, where might seems to equal right, where the poor are exploited by the rich, etc.” WorldTwoFactsSeemsMightFormPoliticalBeliefInterestReligiousPoorRichEqualFlowInjusticeDisappointmentViolentRealizationEtcUnjustReligious Belief Book:Impossible Objects Source: Impossible Objects