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Seyyed Hossein Nasr Quotes: The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.
         

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.


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In the traditional Islamic world, the hierarchy of the arts was not based on whether they were "fine" or "industrial" or "minor". It was based upon the effect of art on the soul of the human being.



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Justice is inseparable from truth in human life.



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All Muslims stand before God and they are their own priests.



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I wish someone could get rid of individuality so easily; one never gets rid of one's individuality completely. One gets rid of one's egotism, which is a very different matter.





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