August 9, 2010
4:15PM

Yesterday after work I drove out of the parking lot and there was a man with a cardboard sign by the side of the road. He had a pack and a grizzled look. I wasn’t sure if he needed money or a ride. I could part with money-I had enough in my wallet-but was not willing to give him a ride. I’m sure that I could have found out ( Read more... )

Amir Sulaiman is one of those people who make me feel ashamed and embarrassed for any time I put down words and called it a poem, wrote a sentence and called it lyrics, put my thoughts to a page and said it was anything but worthless. It's the Amir Sulaimans and the Gihad Alis out there who show the rest of us what pretenders we are, what a poser, ( Read more... )

"The world is filled with people who are 'killing time,' completely unaware that time is actually killing us."

-Hamza Yusuf

'O you muslims! Please be more ignorant and narrow minded; I don't think the kafirs hate Islam enough.

"Censorship of the press is less subversive than censorship by the press."

-Abdal-Hakim Murad

When I find out what I want to do with my life, I'll tell you.

And then, if you'd be so kind, please tell me.

Is there any purpose to journals such as this but to feed one's foolish pride?

Once a renowned philosopher and moralist was traveling through Nasruddin's village and asked Nasruddin where there was a good place to eat. Nasruddin suggested a place and the scholar, hungry for conversation, invited Mullah Nasruddin to join him. Much obliged, Mullah Nasruddin accompanied the scholar to a nearby restaurant, where they asked the ( Read more... )

The Prophet said, "Jesus saw a man stealing and said to him, 'Did you steal?' The man said, 'No, by God, Who alone is worthy of worship.' Jesus said, 'I believe in God and suspect my eyes.'"

Note to self: Speak less, say more.