{"quotes":[{"text":"Another great contribution to science of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (A) was his Theory of Light. He said that light reflected by different objects comes to us, but only a part of the rays enter our eyes. That is the reason why we do not see distant objects clearly.","author":"Infallible Imam (A) (www.alhassanain.org/english/?com=book\u0026id=721)","tags":["distant-objects","eyes","imam","infallible","light","reason","reflection"],"id":8936,"author_id":"Infallible+Imam+%28A%29+%28www.alhassanain.org%2Fenglish%2F%3Fcom%3Dbook%26id%3D721%29"},{"text":"..Imam Ali [A]..'However knows himself (his soul or spirit) knows [or has known] his Lord.","author":"Mohammad Ali Shomali","tags":["a","ali","imam","know","knowing","known","knows","lord","quotes","self","soul","spirit"],"id":83877,"author_id":"Mohammad+Ali+Shomali"},{"text":"Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["angelic","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","atheism","atheist","atheists","bad","base","believer","believers","bible","blameless","chaplain","chaplains","church","churches","churchman","churchmen","clergyman","clergymen","cleric","clerics","congregation","congregations","corrupt","criminal","crooked","curate","curates","debased","debauched","decent","degenerate","depraved","dishonest","dishonorable","disreputable","dissolute","ecclesiastic","ecclesiastics","ethical","evil","foul","funny","godless","good","high-minded","hilarious","honest","honorable","humor","humorous","humour","image","imam","imams","immoral","impress","impression","impure","iniquitous","irreproachable","joke","jokes","law-abiding","lewd","licentious","loose","lowdown","man-of-the-cloth","men-of-the-cloth","minister","ministers","miscreant","moral","morally-wrong","nefarious","noble","nonbeliever","nonbelievers","obscene","padre","padres","pagan","parson","parsons","pastor","pastors","persona","perverse","perverted","preacher","preachers","priest","priests","principled","promiscuous","pure","quotations","quotes","rector","rectors","reprobate","reverend","reverends","righteous","saintly","satire","shady","shameless","sinful","sleazy","synagogue","synagogues","unchaste","unconscionable","unethical","unprincipled","unscrupulous","unvirtuous","upright","upstanding","vicar","vicars","vile","villainous","virtuous","wanton","wicked","wish","wrongful"],"id":426214,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"A child who goes to school and shares his or her lunch with the classmates, is a billion times greater and more religious than all the book-learned priests, imams, rabbis and pundits in the world combined.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["divine-self","divinity","imam","inspirational","inspirational","love","pearls-of-wisdom","philosophy","priesthood","pundits","rabbi","religious","religious-extremism","religious-freedom","religious","religious-tolerance","thought-provoking","wise"],"id":462472,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}