{"quotes":[{"text":"Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.","author":"Umberto Eco","tags":["fanaticism","prophets","religion"],"id":8284,"author_id":"Umberto+Eco"},{"text":"Muhammad introduced the concept of such Glorious and Omnipotent God in Whose eyes all worldly systems are pieces of straw. Islamic equality of mankind is no fiction as it is in Christianity. No human mind has ever thought of such total freedom as established by Muhammad.","author":"Mawde Royden","tags":["atheist","christian","earth","equality","eyes","fact","faith","fiction","freedom","freedom-of-choice","glory","god","hindu","jewish","justice","kindness","law","life","love","mandate","muhammad","muhammad-pbuh","people","politics","prophets","religion","science","society","struggle","system","tenderness","thoughts","unity"],"id":21344,"author_id":"Mawde+Royden"},{"text":"Children are prophets of nature.","author":"Raheel Farooq","tags":["children","innocence","nature","prophets"],"id":26408,"author_id":"Raheel+Farooq"},{"text":"We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["beautifiers","dejan-stojanovic","destroyers","ideologues","knowledge","knowledge-wisdom","literature","literature","poems","poetry","poetry","poets","prophets","to-live-by","sages","teachers","thoughts","wisdom"],"id":44771,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"The religion I am talking about here is plain everyday humanism. That’s exactly what the person named Jesus attempted to spread, but due to innate psychological reasons, his pupils ended up constructing yet another orthodox circle with its own distinct beliefs, ideals and fantasies.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["beliefs","brainy","christ","christianity","christians","compassion","consciousness","evolutionary-psychology","fantasies","gods","human-mind","human-nature","ideals","jesus","jesus-christ","jesus","love","love-thy-neighbor","neurotheology","philosophy","prophets","religion","religions","religious-diversity","science-and-religion","science-of-human-nature","science-of-mind","self-preservation","truth"],"id":47268,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Jerusalem! My Love,My TownI wept until my tears were dryI prayed until the candles flickeredI knelt until the floor creakedI asked about Mohammed and ChristOh Jerusalem, the fragrance of prophetsThe shortest path between earth and skyOh Jerusalem, the citadel of lawsA beautiful child with fingers charredand downcast eyesYou are the shady oasis passed by the ProphetYour streets are melancholyYour minarets are mourningYou, the young maiden dressed in blackWho rings the bells at the Nativity Church, On sunday morning?Who brings toys for the childrenOn Christmas eve?Oh Jerusalem, the city of sorrowA big tear wandering in the eyeWho will halt the aggressionOn you, the pearl of religions?Who will wash your bloody walls?Who will safeguard the Bible?Who will rescue the Quran?Who will save Christ, From those who have killed Christ?Who will save man?Oh Jerusalem my townOh Jerusalem my loveTomorrow the lemon trees will blossomAnd the olive trees will rejoiceYour eyes will danceThe migrant pigeons will returnTo your sacred roofsAnd your children will play againAnd fathers and sons will meetOn your rosy hillsMy townThe town of peace and olives.","author":"نزار قباني","tags":["aggression","bible","christ","jerusalem","muhammad","olives","peace","prophets","quran","religions","sepulchre"],"id":52045,"author_id":"%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1+%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"},{"text":"If prophets are real, they are not leaders but followers.","author":"M.F. Moonzajer","tags":["followers","leaders","prophets","real"],"id":59302,"author_id":"M.F.+Moonzajer"},{"text":"Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.","author":"Thomas Huxley","tags":["promise","prophets","many "],"id":69675,"author_id":"Thomas+Huxley"},{"text":"In that face, deformed by hatred of philosophy, I saw for the first time the portrait of the Antichrist, who does not come from the tribe of Judas, as his heralds have it, or from a far country. The Antichrist can be born from piety itself, from excessive love of God or of the truth, as the heretic is born from the saint and the possessed from the seer. Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. Jorge did a diabolical thing because he loved his truth so lewdly that he dared anything in order to destroy falsehood.","author":"Umberto Eco","tags":["christianity","fanaticism","prophets","religion"],"id":88705,"author_id":"Umberto+Eco"},{"text":"You are here to evolve and make your consciousness high.You are here to dance, sing and celebrate life. You are here to help others to make their life happy. We are here not to compete, but to learn, evolve and excel. We are not here to make divisions in the name of prophets and religions. We are here to encompass the world with love and light.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["better-place-to-live","compete","compete-with-others","consciousness","life-positive","positive-thinking","prophets","religions"],"id":96181,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":41,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}