People should know what they want, not just what they don't want. Abdolkarim Soroush More Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush More Quotes From Abdolkarim Soroush We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. Abdolkarim Soroush coins use reality People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. Abdolkarim Soroush people needs firsts Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. Abdolkarim Soroush islam identity religious Compromise has a negative connotation. Abdolkarim Soroush connotation compromise negative As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being. Abdolkarim Soroush aggravation ethnicity islamic In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear. Abdolkarim Soroush clear answers order In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner. Abdolkarim Soroush names attention people We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems. Abdolkarim Soroush small-problems break use If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms. Abdolkarim Soroush identity expression people Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere. Abdolkarim Soroush physicist has-beens energy God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era. Abdolkarim Soroush understanding historical god people After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism. Abdolkarim Soroush islam terrorism media relationship Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations. Abdolkarim Soroush foundations based goals objectives There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won't take place. Both sides have to be prepared for a serious negotiation. Abdolkarim Soroush place green serious leader Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies. Abdolkarim Soroush will islam nature religion One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea. Abdolkarim Soroush realize faithful democracy people The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary. Abdolkarim Soroush your will you religion When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver. Abdolkarim Soroush woman just like pregnant It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it. Abdolkarim Soroush us understand god religion Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity. Abdolkarim Soroush answer poverty development science
