Religion and Wit

Ibn Sīnā. (980 - 1037AD) commonly known as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age.

Avicenna translated numerous Greco-Roman works. 
Based on his study of Persian and Indian mathematical systems, he developed and wrote 450 works. His work covered the fields of philosophy, medicine, astronomy, alchemy, geography and geology, psychology, logic, algebra, trigonometry, physics and poetry. 
He also contributed extensively to the field of Islamic theology. 

People to love not use

God gave us people to love and things to use, and not the other way around.

The ugly tree

Have you ever seen an ugly tree?
Apparently no one has.

Have you seen ugly people? 
Many.

The reason is not far to see. 
Trees are natural, while man has become unnatural.


Is it not the purpose of life to live? 
Each one of is ordinary but unique. 

We have become ugly in looks, because others have defined what ugly is. 

We teach our children to behave ugly believing that it is essential for 'success'.

Let's be natural, accept the beauty of our uniqueness  and celebrate life.

Do we need more of 'successful' people?

The planet does not need more ‘successful people.’ The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. It needs people to live well in their places. It needs people with moral courage willing to join the struggle to make the world habitable and humane and these qualities have little to do with success as our culture has defined it.

— Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama