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Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.


Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

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TALIB KWELI I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot ...
TALIB KWELI A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though the...
TALIB KWELI The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a goo...
TALIB KWELI I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
TALIB KWELI There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourse...
TALIB KWELI I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, ...
TALIB KWELI You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be har...
TALIB KWELI The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music ...
TALIB KWELI I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulle...
TALIB KWELI We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our polic...
TALIB KWELI I saw the bodies and blood covering the walls and ground. Many people died inside. Many died.
ABBAS TALIB Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not ...
TALIB KWELI If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne...
TALIB KWELI So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being...
TALIB KWELI People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, bot...
TALIB KWELI I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
TALIB KWELI The ground was all flesh and blood.
ABBAS TALIB We have to leave the villa discreetly,” Blake said. “We need a smokescreen.
KHALED TALIB Kind words dispel clouds of fear like the moonlight's smile on water.
KHALED TALIB What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group whe...
TALIB KWELI Some people tell me it doesn't make any difference -- a green-card holder is the same as a citizen. ...
ALI ALI I hate to be waiting all my life. Just tell me.
ALI ALI I was wedded to all the stars of the sky.There was not a single star left, and I married every one o...
IBN ARABI Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to...
IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
IBN GABIROL Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.
IBN GABIROL I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
IBN GABIROL The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
IBN GABIROL Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
IBN GABIROL My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
IBN GABIROL إذا ما التقَينا للوَداعِ حسِبتَنا لدَى الضّمّ والتعني...
IBN ARABI إذا طالبك أحد بالدليل والبرهان على علوم الأسرار الإلهي...
IBN ARABI يا من يراني ولا أراه . . كم ذا أراه ولا يراني
IBN ARABI My night has become a sunny dawn because of you
IBN ABBAD