Adnan Sarhan Quotes

The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinking and confusion and makes a person tired and weak. But, the heart intelligence is not only direct and to the point, it also gives you energy, vitality and strength. ~ James Dillehay

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves. ~ Adnan Pachachi

Dear soul,
am I only because I have been? ~ Etel Adnan

Sink the ship that carries the load of hate . ~ Adnan Shafi

I write what I see; I paint what I am. ~ Etel Adnan

I always had a few people who liked what I did, and that was enough. ~ Etel Adnan

If you aren't here your heart won't break in the same way. ~ Etel Adnan

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things. ~ Adnan Pachachi

We were taught to think that Paris was the center of the universe. ~ Etel Adnan

In the green escape of my palace, over a bridge, under a canopy of opalescent light, through there, between dark branches and their shivering leaves, I'm lost in the scent of yellow roses, arrested by the range's filtering light. ~ Etel Adnan

In the year of the sun was sun eclipse,
the sun of piety,
knowledge and divinity.
The establisher of the path of Tijaniyya,
the reviver of the traditions of the chocest of Adnan.
The servant of Allah,
the Imam of the Maliki law,
and affairs are for Allah for he is the possessor. He added that Sufism is a spritual clinic with doctors who have knowledge of attending to ailments of the soul. For a sick patient who requires cure and dosses of medicine from the clinic, there is the need for him to make declaration of his sickness and acceptance of patienthood. ~ Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse Ra

Abstract art was the quivalent of poetic expression; I didn't need to use words,but colors and lines. I didn't need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression. ~ Etel Adnan

Once I put down a color, I never cover it up. If you are born a musician, why become a banker? ~ Etel Adnan

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent. ~ Adnan Pachachi

I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world. ~ Adnan

‪Rain is not a seasonal change, it's a feeling that brings back ‪Memories! ~ Adnan Bhatti

Eternity is non evident. There's this endless rotation of the
sun in the skull, the stillness outside, and a storm within.
At least a river is always flowing in some part of the country.
Winds, always gathering speed, shatter the order of things.
We return home, in tears. ~ Etel Adnan

After the plates are removed by the silent and swift waiting staff, General Çiller leans forward and says across the table to Güney, 'What's this I'm reading in Hürriyet about Strasbourg breaking up the nation?'
'It's not breaking up the nation. It's a French motion to implement European Regional Directive 8182 which calls for a Kurdish Regional Parliament.'
'And that's not breaking up the nation?' General Çiller throws up his hands in exasperation. He's a big, square man, the model of the military, but he moves freely and lightly 'The French prancing all over the legacy of Atatürk? What do you think, Mr Sarioğlu?'
The trap could not be any more obvious but Ayşe sees Adnan straighten his tie, the code for, Trust me, I know what I'm doing,
'What I think about the legacy of Atatürk, General? Let it go. I don't care. The age of Atatürk is over.'
Guests stiffen around the table, breath subtly indrawn; social gasps. This is heresy. People have been shot down in the streets of Istanbul for less. Adnan commands every eye.
'Atatürk was father of the nation, unquestionably. No Atatürk, no Turkey. But, at some point every child has to leave his father. You have to stand on your own two feet and find out if you're a man. We're like kids that go on about how great their dads are; my dad's the strongest, the best wrestler, the fastest driver, the biggest moustache. And when someone squares up to us, or calls us a name or even looks at us squinty, we run back ~ Ian McDonald

I was born Muslim, my parents are Muslim, I am Bosnian. I cannot be anything else. ~ Adnan

Colours exist for me as entities in themselves, as metaphysical beings. ~ Etel Adnan

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly. ~ Adnan Pachachi

Adnan was deluged with letters, notes, pictures, and prayers. Some were short messages of support, others were pages and pages of personal divulgences. Adnan was stunned at the sometimes very intimate nature of the letters, people pouring out their pain and tribulations to a stranger. He realized it was sometimes easier for people to share their deepest sorrows with a stranger than with people they knew. I told him that's how the Internet mostly works. Students ~ Rabia Chaudry

Remember when we didn't know that colours can mix and form other colours. When we were not introduced to strokes that brushes can form, when light and dark were not necessary for the picture to be completed, and when it was a matter of lines that were not suppose to be connected. When feelings crashed on a white heart unintentionally and when our soul was not held in captive. Remember? ~ Mona Adnan

My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing. ~ Etel Adnan

Hey! I'm talkin' to you, feta bread! ~ Turkey

Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you. ~ Etel Adnan

QUOTES BOUQUET: The Brightest Future Will Always Be Based On A Forgotten Past ... ~ Adnan

QUOTES BOUQUET: You Have To Fight Through Some Bad Days To Earn The Best Days Of Your Life ~ Adnan

Mount Tamalpais became my house. For Cezanne, Sainte-Victoire was no longer a mountain. It was an absolute. It was painting. ~ Etel Adnan

I love contemporary poetry because it moves between what we call poetry and what we call philosophy. It joins these fields and makes writing more natural, as in how it is lived in the person. We don't separate thinking from feeling in real life, so why should we separate it in writing? ~ Etel Adnan

I love Nicolas de Stael particularly, and my work can remind people of him. But looked at attentively, our works are not similar at all. ~ Etel Adnan

There are not millions of deaths. It happens millions of times that someone dies. ~ Etel Adnan

People do not feel anxious or weary when they follow
the Qur'an's morality. However, the enjoyment derived
from doing something with worldly aims in mind is very limited
and of short duration. When the benefits gained run
out, their eagerness to continue subsides and the aim
becomes regarded as a bother. But those who seek Allah's
favor are rewarded with pleasure, for they know that they
will be rewarded for their intention and not for the nature of
the act. Therefore, they will never get bored with doing it:
Their [the sacrificial animals'] flesh and blood does not
reach Allah, but your heedfulness does. In this way He
has subjected them to you so that you might proclaim
Allah's greatness for the way that He has guided you.
Give good news to those who do good. (Surat al-Hajj:
37)
Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya
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And so, no matter what they do, if they perform it in the
hope of winning Allah's pleasure, and if they keep on doing
so until the end of their lives, they will never get bored or
lose their enjoyment in doing it again and again.
No matter how long they do that deed, their love and
desire for earning Allah's favor will cause them to constantly
create new and beautiful things on their horizon. Having
rooted their morality in fear of Him, they form close relationships
and friendships with those around them; have no
desire for rank, position, ~ Harun Yahya

I think the Shiites want a theocracy. ~ Adnan Pachachi

Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in 2015. Adoption of increasingly cost-effective renewables holds the genuine promise of a new age of socio-economic development, powered by clean, increasingly decentralised, and sustainable energy. The opportunity for India is tremendous. ~ Adnan

Life teach you lessons and those lessons are very painful. ~ Adnan Khan

QUOTES BOUQUET: Hurting Someone With The Truth Is Better Than Making Them Happy With The Lie. ~ Adnan

Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint ... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case. ~ Etel Adnan

Morning. Vast. Imprecision. Fog has covered everything in gray
absolute. This has lasted. Doubt looms over the mind. Absence
is harder to accept than death. ~ Etel Adnan

There is no understanding between me and this world
they don't understand me and i don't care them. ~ Adnan Khan

It wasn't just Adnan being indicted at this grand jury proceeding, it wasn't just him being prosecuted. His faith, his ethnicity, his community--they were all on trial. ~ Rabia Chaudry

Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences. ~ Etel Adnan

There are moments when
the past ceases to be a form
of the present.
Rain and tears
look alike. ~ Etel Adnan

Spring is dangerous, like love. And love survives the lovers. ~ Etel Adnan