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“Terrorism” is ultimately a near-meaningless term with more political than functional use. It will be used to delegitimize us and crack down on our organizations and networks.

The label, it seemed, was borne out of an effort to protect corporate interests against those who might stand against their destructive efforts.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” - Viktor Frankl

“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.” - Lao Tzu

“Islam to me appears like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure.” - Muhammad Asad.

Tupac Shakur once said:

“I’m not saying I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee I’m going to spark the mind of the one that changes the world.”

Values act like a sieve: they filter out the empty cravings that come from comparison and they let through only the things that genuinely serve your spirit.

Desire is about what the object seems to promise us: a fuller, richer existence.

When we feel the weight of our limits, we start reaching toward idols to imitate, goals to chase, places to explore, people to meet. What we’re really chasing is a sense of immortality or infinity, something that lives longer than we ever will. We want to be remembered long after we’ve left a conversation, the company, the world.