Mirza Tahir Ahmad quote: "No religion with a universal message . . . under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its message. Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Force can bend heads, but not minds."

Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds.
MIRZA TAHIR AHMAD

Love For All; Hatred for None
MIRZA NASIR AHMAD

Verily, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving
like kindred; and fo...
MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD

For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I'm constantly on the come...
SANIA MIRZA

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a l...
SANIA MIRZA

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye ...
SANIA MIRZA

It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the ...
AISHA MIRZA

I like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years ...
SANIA MIRZA

I'm partial to stilettos. Stilettoes and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites.
SANIA MIRZA

Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events lik...
SANIA MIRZA

Not many people know, but my joints are extremely hypermobile, and that's why I'm more prone...
SANIA MIRZA

I got my elbow injured while playing in the singles during the Bangalore Open. I have been carrying ...
SANIA MIRZA

Because Islam uses the lunar calendar, the days and dates are usually different. They usually fall a...
ADNAN MIRZA

Although we don't celebrate the Christmas holiday, most people usually do have the time off, so they...
ADNAN MIRZA

Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? W...
SANIA MIRZA

I could add variation to my game, but I'm going to win matches only when I hit those winners. I enjo...
SANIA MIRZA

As I came to the lime light, the media asked me many questions. A lot many moral policing... 'We...
SANIA MIRZA

A whisper of selflessness echos boundlessly.
AISHA MIRZA

“Think of life as a drama and you have your own characters in it. If you think positive, you will ...
ADNAN MIRZA

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think...
SANIA MIRZA

Americans are increasingly interested in better understanding Middle Eastern cultures and Muslim Ame...
ADNAN MIRZA

I love salon days to pamper myself, do my nails.
SANIA MIRZA

I guess people just have to accept it. That's how I play. I'm going to maybe have 50 unforced errors...
SANIA MIRZA

There were a lot of games that I could have taken but I had fun out there. In my first U.S. Open I c...
SANIA MIRZA

It will be one of the biggest matches of my career,
SANIA MIRZA

I just came here thinking I wanted to win one round and won three,
SANIA MIRZA

I'm actually very excited, ... I still have nothing to lose.
SANIA MIRZA

It's no big deal, ... I'm 18 years old. Give me a break! I'm trying to have some fun here. I'm bored...
SANIA MIRZA

I've never played at senior level in Japan, but I've been to Osaka twice and to Nagoya twice in the ...
SANIA MIRZA

Seeding doesn't count for much once you are out there on court ... Playing a qualifier in the first ...
SANIA MIRZA

I think the match was pretty winnable, but that is how it is. It is hard when you are not playing yo...
SANIA MIRZA

It was a good match for me. I wanted to wrap it up early and have an early night. But she (Muller) f...
SANIA MIRZA

She's one of the best players who has ever played. I felt like I was always trying to catch up and w...
SANIA MIRZA

He (Roche) worked on my overall game with a special emphasis on the serve and volley.
SANIA MIRZA

It's been a phenomenal year. To be honest, I did surprise myself to some extent. I really didn't thi...
SANIA MIRZA

It will take me a few months for sure in match pressure situations before I expect to be confident w...
SANIA MIRZA

My injury happened during the match, ... I went to hit an overhand and it felt like I basically hype...
SANIA MIRZA

She is a great player, but everyone is beatable,
SANIA MIRZA

I thought I played a good match, ... I knew that she can run well and that she likes a certain pace,...
SANIA MIRZA

I thought I played a good match. I had a solid start to the match in the first set. In the second se...
SANIA MIRZA

It's not the way I wanted to end my year, but I can't control that. I've never retired from a match ...
SANIA MIRZA

As long as I am winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches long or 6 feet long,
SANIA MIRZA

I enjoy hitting the ball as hard as I can.
SANIA MIRZA

There were a lot of games that I could have taken, but I had fun out there. In my first US Open I co...
SANIA MIRZA

That's not what I think every time I step on court, that an Indian never did this, an Indian never d...
SANIA MIRZA

for whatever I have to do on court as an 18-year-old.
SANIA MIRZA

It was just one of those days. I started really well but she improved a lot in the second set. I man...
SANIA MIRZA

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.
ISKANDER MIRZA

If you are good I am saint and if you are bad I am a devil.
ADNAN MIRZA

I consider this as yet another New Year gift.
SANIA MIRZA

I have nothing to lose if I'm going to play her. There's obviously no pressure on me. I don't think ...
SANIA MIRZA

I'm very happy about it.
SANIA MIRZA

That's how I play. I'm going to have maybe 50 unforced errors one day, but I'm going to also have 50...
SANIA MIRZA

I had fun out there. Had a great Open. First US Open, I don't think I can ask for more. Very happy.
SANIA MIRZA

If you won't follow the rules of this world, you will become a rebel and only then you will find you...
ADNAN MIRZA

I don't think I'll be intimidated but, you know, it's obviously a very big match for me,
SANIA MIRZA

I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences hav...
SANIA MIRZA

Slavery remains rife, the shackles are just different. Labels and desires have replaced the cuffs an...
AISHA MIRZA

I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would ...
SANIA MIRZA

When I used to say I wanted to play at Wimbledon, they used to laugh in my face and say, 'What a...
SANIA MIRZA

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries ar...
SANIA MIRZA

As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
SANIA MIRZA

Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. A...
SANIA MIRZA

One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up...
SANIA MIRZA

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you'...
SANIA MIRZA

We are questioning them and I am hopeful that we are close to a breakthrough.
JAHANGIR MIRZA

There is a possibility that this could be a suicide attack but we are still investigating.
JAHANGIR MIRZA

The initial evidence we have gathered from the site of blast suggested that it was a suicide attack ...
JEHANGIR MIRZA

What we know at this point is that there was a blast ... and that there are some injured who are bei...
JEHANGIR MIRZA

It was an act of terrorism. So far we can only say that it was a bomb fitted in a car.
JEHANGIR MIRZA

There is a possibility that it was a suicide attack, but we are still investigating.
JEHANGIR MIRZA

I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identi...
FARAN TAHIR

The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray differen...
FARAN TAHIR

Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells.
FARAN TAHIR

When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I ...
FARAN TAHIR

I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
FARAN TAHIR

When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional...
FARAN TAHIR

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as huma...
FARAN TAHIR

Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don...
FARAN TAHIR

During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishi...
TAHIR SHAH

Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader...
SABAA TAHIR

Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to defi...
SABAA TAHIR

Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them or they'll...
SABAA TAHIR

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
TAHIR SHAH

There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control...
TAHIR SHAH

Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.
TAHIR SHAH

The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that...
TAHIR SHAH

Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are...
TAHIR SHAH

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.
TAHIR SHAH

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.
TAHIR SHAH

Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the bree...
TAHIR SHAH

It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks t...
TAHIR SHAH

Family is worth dying for, killing for. Fighting for them is all that keeps us going when everything...
SABAA TAHIR

So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.
SABAA TAHIR

The Occident has never found it easy to grasp the strange netherworld of spirits that followers of I...
TAHIR SHAH

So you've made a few bad decisions. So have I. So has Elias. So has everyone attempting to do someth...
SABAA TAHIR

You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cann...
SABAA TAHIR

You are full, Laia. Full of life and dark and strength and spirit. You are in our dreams. You will b...
SABAA TAHIR

The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The ...
SABAA TAHIR

All the beauty of the stars means nothing when life here on earth is so ugly.
SABAA TAHIR

Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned...
TAHIR SHAH

I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.
TAHIR SHAH

There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fir...
SABAA TAHIR

You've had my heart since day one, after all you gave it to me. I love you mom.
TAHIR SUBASIC

" there comes a time in life when you start to seperate yourself from other people, because you thin...
OMAR TAHIR

Fools pay attention to words in a fight. Warriors take advantage of them.
SABAA TAHIR

Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ...
SABAA TAHIR

But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night - if you dare...
SABAA TAHIR

Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her ...
SABAA TAHIR

The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition....
TAHIR SHAH

Fight back, Laia. For Darin. For Izzi. For every Scholar this beast has abused. Fight. A scream burs...
SABAA TAHIR

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.
TAHIR SHAH

In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, t...
TAHIR SHAH

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show ...
TAHIR SHAH

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror o...
TAHIR SHAH

In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.
TAHIR SHAH

Görüşmeye gittikleri günlerden birinde İhsan, cezaevleri için, "Burası çıplak adamlar ülke...
KEMAL TAHIR

The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped...
TAHIR SHAH

Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.
SABAA TAHIR

Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.
SABAA TAHIR

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get...
TAHIR SHAH

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, ...
TAHIR SHAH

There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Ca...
TAHIR SHAH

Most people...are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you...are no swift-burning...
SABAA TAHIR

When did you star here?” I ask her.

“Three days ago. Sir. Aspirant. Um—” She wrin...
SABAA TAHIR

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, ...
TAHIR SHAH

Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving th...
TAHIR SHAH

Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a littl...
TAHIR SHAH

As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a ...
TAHIR SHAH

But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not t...
TAHIR SHAH

If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is th...
TAHIR SHAH

Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person.
SABAA TAHIR

Fear can be good, Laia. It can keep you alive. But don't let it control you. Don't let it sow doubts...
SABAA TAHIR

I'd rather die than live with no mercy, no honor, no soul.
SABAA TAHIR

Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.
SABAA TAHIR

In the night, your loneliness crushes you, as if the sky itself has swooped down to smother you in i...
SABAA TAHIR

As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.
TAHIR SHAH

Laia is curled in a ball on the other, one hand on her armlet, fast asleep.
"You are my temple...
SABAA TAHIR

Inscribed on it was a verse from the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, the eleventh-century Persian mystic....
TAHIR SHAH

You—you were like me. You were a child. A normal child. And that was taken from you.”

SABAA TAHIR

I’d say it’s impossible, but the Commandant trained the word out of me.
SABAA TAHIR

Perhaps I have become so accustomed to the burden of secrets that I do not notice their weight until...
SABAA TAHIR

[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard...
TAHIR SHAH

I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. Th...
TAHIR SHAH

Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and ev...
TAHIR SHAH

The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with d...
TAHIR SHAH

Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your body’s instincts take over. Wh...
SABAA TAHIR

I thought you told me you loved stories Have you ever heard a story of an adventurer with a sane pla...
SABAA TAHIR

Children are born to break their mothers’ hearts, my boy.
SABAA TAHIR

Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from ...
TAHIR SHAH

Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to e...
TAHIR SHAH

The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.
TAHIR SHAH

Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notio...
TAHIR SHAH

The best lies come from the truth.
SABAA TAHIR

I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.
UMERA AHMAD

Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistan...
UMERA AHMAD

I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest l...
UMERA AHMAD

The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.
UMERA AHMAD

The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words...
UMERA AHMAD

When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Ot...
OMAR AHMAD

Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are pic...
OMAR AHMAD

One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it ...
OMAR AHMAD

Usually the agenda (of Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks) is terrorism and drug trafficking but th...
AHMAD SHAH

You see the shells coming in from opposition forces as well as the Taliban. The poor can only retrea...
AHMAD SHAH

We just want peace, because peace is good for us. It is good for the harvest and everything,
AHMAD SHAH

Those who have not given any sacrifices want to cash the movement and are claiming to be the represe...
AHMAD SHAH

America is our enemy and we don't want them in Afghanistan, ... When they insult our holy book they ...
AHMAD SHAH

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what...
AHMAD JAMAL

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your lif...
AHMAD JAMAL

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the o...
AHMAD JAMAL

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and...
AHMAD JAMAL

We're eating Ramen Noodles chicken and beef that's what we eat everyday.
AHMAD GRIFFIN

We ain't got no family out here. All the football team that's our family.
AHMAD GRIFFIN

We're eating Ramen Noodles ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â chicken and beef ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬...
AHMAD GRIFFIN

We ain't got no family out here. All the football team ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that's our...
AHMAD GRIFFIN

I know that they are all right, I just don't know where they at.
AHMAD GRIFFIN

We are acting as facilitators, as mediators, as brokers if you will. We are helping them bring this ...
AHMAD FAWZI

As they say, it's not final until it's final.
AHMAD FAWZI

So now we have a road map. It's an important first step toward the establishment of a fully represen...
AHMAD FAWZI

If we come out of this meeting with a framework for the process for a political transition, then we ...
AHMAD FAWZI

We need to get a transitional authority in the country as soon as possible, and all the parties agre...
AHMAD FAWZI

It's a long ride, but it's a great experience for these kids to have the opportunity to travel and s...
AHMAD DORSETT

He's 6-8. It's expected for him to block shots. If he didn't block shots, something would be wrong. ...
AHMAD DORSETT

We have to keep him off the glass and limit his touches. He's a monster down low and if a player's g...
AHMAD DORSETT

That's what they're known for. They're an established program. They thrive off of that.
AHMAD DORSETT

We kept our composure very well. You have to understand that the other team will make runs and that ...
AHMAD DORSETT

Their (Montrose) talent level is so high. They have some Division I players so you expect them to pe...
AHMAD DORSETT

despite the intention of the terrorists ... and deliver Iraq's message of peace, democracy and human...
AHMAD CHALABI

[Calling Hashimi] a brave and dedicated public servant, ... we are deeply saddened.
AHMAD CHALABI

We were planning to do it, and he said that was a good idea, and I think we will move forward to coo...
AHMAD CHALABI

We need to move forward, and I think the faster we can have an Iraqi authority in charge of things, ...
AHMAD CHALABI

Where is General Garner now? ... The people need assistance here in Nasiriya. Why are they not here?...
AHMAD CHALABI

(We) firmly believe that the criminals were remnants of the Baathist regime and Saddam's assassins.
AHMAD CHALABI

Our initial reaction is that the shares are likely to tread water during what is likely to be a diff...
ADNAAN AHMAD

Clearly, the risk has increased, particularly with the current economic situation. However, we belie...
ADNAAN AHMAD

It is due to the scarcity value.
ADNAAN AHMAD

Ericsson said orders as a whole remain strong, but it is just seeing a push out in most mobile syste...
ADNAAN AHMAD

The main concern regarding Ericsson is its mobile systems division, which is experiencing slower gro...
ADNAAN AHMAD

will not be intimidated by the terrorists.
AHMAD CHALABI

despite the intention of the terrorists will be at the U.N. General Assembly to represent Iraq and d...
AHMAD CHALABI

No religion with a universal message . . . under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its message. Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Force can bend heads, but not minds.

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Mirza Tahir Ahmad

No religion with a universal message . . . under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its message. Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Force can bend heads, but not minds.

Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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