Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
King Hussein IRead
In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True believers embrace their fate without fear, unlike those consumed by the illusions of the present.
This quote emphasizes the perspective of a true believer, who acknowledges divine will and approaches life with courage, regardless of struggles. In contrast, those who succumb to fear are limited by a narrow view of existence, believing that their personal experiences define reality, missing out on the greater picture of life and its continuity beyond themselves.
Themes
FearFaithBeliefStruggleLifeDivine Will
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire a community discussion about faith during challenging times.
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God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible.
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The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.
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Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.
King Hussein IRead
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.
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