“You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat But to lie there - that's a disgrace.” WellsEarthFacesLyingFallFailureOptimismCome UpFlatsBeatenDisgraceFalling DownSmiling Faces Author:Edmund Vance Cooke
“Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.” WellsFailureIslamDazzling Author:Karen Armstrong