31 Quotes About Change-of-heart

In Fez Yasmin had another dream. „I saw myself in a shower. Water poured over me, washing and purifying me and I was told ‚All your sins have been washed away by that water. You‘ve been cleansed. Your sins have been washed away and you‘re blessed.‘ „I feel that Allah has been knocking on my door for some time now, perhaps all my life. ‚But you just haven‘t recognized Me‘, He says, ‚You haven‘t recognized Me. You keep waiting but I have been there all along.‘“ (p.195)

But then Yasmin changed her mind and hopped a flight to Fez. „I knew I had to go. I didn‘t know why but I had to go. And I was really quite scared because I was going alone and I‘d never been to Morocco. I didn‘t know anyone. I traveled at night so I call it my ‚isra‘, my Night Journey. I landed late. I was really scared but I prayed to Allah, „I trust in You to look after me and protect me. I‘m here for whatever the purpose You‘ve planned for me. (p. 193)

Trying to change someone only makes them cling to their existing behavior with brutish, primal force.

There is no better means of promoting another person's change of heart than allowing our own heart to be changed.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

...when your heart changes, you change, and you have to make new plans.

So you tell me... did this execution really make you feel safer? Did it bring us all closer together? Or did it drive us further apart?

Why do we have it out for each other when all we have is each other?

It was like a slap. I dont remember her being mean before that. It made Miranda smile. The smile that unlocked something in Beth like a key