To be truly Indian one had to be truly international, exhorting them to honour the best in all civilizations and to live it in their daily lives.

Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say
No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Little darlin' don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry

She used to visit me and dine with me, I had a very good cook then, and we both loved good food. She had great knowledge of music," reminisces.

But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan. His enemies said that his good fortune had gone to his head.

Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity, who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity, who was able to move others.

We are saddened by a bird's cry, but not a fish's blood; Blessed are those with voices. If those dolls had voices, I bet each and everyone would scream "I don't want to be a human." (Alternate translation from one of the dubbed versions)

As we progress, various shades of meaning and deeper levels of understanding will complement this initial effort.

The overwhelming majority of classical theologians, jurists, and traditionalists [i.e., specialists in the hadith] . . . understood the obligation of jihad in a military sense.

Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.

[S]urplus wealth should be considered as a sacred trust, to be administered during the lives of its owners, by them as trustees, for the good of the community in which and from which it had been acquired.

Lookin' so innocent,
I might believe you if I didn't know.
Could'a loved you all my life,
If you hadn't left me waiting in the cold.
And you got your share of secrets,
And I'm tired of being last to know.
And now you're asking me to listen
'Cause it's worked each time before.

The Forbidden City had become a theater without an audience. So, why did the actors remain on the stage?

It was quite a tough school. Put it this way, we had our own coroner.

?Since being a young child, Esther had a will to paint,”

I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym.

The seers of old had fully restrained selves, and were austere. Having abandoned the five strands of sensual pleasures, they practiced their own welfare. The brahmans had no cattle, no gold, no wealth. They had study as their wealth and grain. They guarded the holy life as their treasure.