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“The scale of circumstance is not ‘happiness’ and ‘unhappiness’. There are a lot of ‘happy’ people in this world and a lot of ‘unhappy’ people, but this doesn’t matter. Chasing happiness rearranges your life so that you prevent yourself from taking the risks and enduring the suffering that’s likely t…”

— Charlie Ambler, medium.com

“Many people have a narcotic attitude towards suffering. It terrifies them and makes them uncomfortable and so instead of building a tool set for overcoming it, they aim to stifle it. The sheer popularity of entertainment, junk food, porn, video games and all these other modern distractions is testam…”

— Charlie Ambler, You're Supposed To Suffer

“It’s a weird specific type of human arrogance to think that people can offset the great universal balance of positive and negative. It’s like trying to split an atom; we all know what happens when you do that. There are thousands of books out there trying to convince people that the secret to their…”

— Charlie Ambler, Charlie Ambler, You’re Supposed to Suffer

“The truth is that the key to relaxation and finding inner peace doesn’t rely much on work, culture, or consumption. This should be a huge relief, since regardless of where you live, what you believe, or who you are, your stress is probably the result of one of the below factors... The world does stu…”

— Charlie Ambler, Charlie Ambler, How to Relax Now

“All the broken hearts in the world still beat.”

— Ingrid Michaelson, Ingrid Michaelson - Girls Chase Boys (An Homage to Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible") - OFFICIAL

“Today the Islamic State is as much a media conglomerate as a fighting force. According to Documenting the Virtual Caliphate, an October 2015 report by the Quilliam Foundation, the organization releases, on average, 38 new items per day—20-minute videos, full-length documentaries, photo essays, audio…”

— Brendan I. Koerner, Why ISIS Is Winning the Social Media War—And How to Fight Back

“The nature and significance of the threat flows from the fact that ISIS is— all at the same time— a terrorist group, a state, and a revolutionary political movement. We have not faced an adversary like it before.”

— Michael Morell, Former CIA Director: ISIS Will Strike America

“Social media platforms are just the tip of the iceberg, however. ISIS' marketing tools run the gamut from popular public platforms to private chat rooms to encrypted messaging systems such as WhatsApp, Kik, Wickr, Zello, and Telegram. At the other end of the spectrum, digital media production houses…”

— Jared Cohen, Digital Counterinsurgency: How to Marginalize the Islamic State Online

“I think a successor organization to ISIS seven years from now will make what ISIS is doing look like yesterday’s news”

— Jared Cohen, Google official: Take ISIS off the open Web to stop its propaganda machine

“Our priority should be how to fight the enemy. In the end, it didn’t matter what kind of terrorist we call bin Laden, it mattered that we killed bin Laden. But we still can’t close our eyes to the fact that there is a distorted and dangerous stream of extremism within the Muslim world that continues…”

— Hillary Clinton, Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Fighting

“It would be a cruel irony indeed if ISIS can force families from their homes and then also prevent them from ever finding new ones. We should be doing more to ease this humanitarian crisis, not less. We should lead the international community in organizing a donor conference and supporting countries…”

— Hilary Clinton, Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Fighting ISIS

“America’s open, free, tolerant society is described by some as a vulnerability in the struggle against terrorism, but I actually believe it’s one of our strengths. It reduces the appeal of radicalism and enhances the richness and resilience of our communities. This is not a time for scoring politica…”

— Hilary Clinton, Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Fighting ISIS

“Why aren’t Muslims speaking out against these atrocities?’ The answer is: Muslims have been speaking out in the strongest terms, condemning the crimes against humanity committed by ISIS and others in the name of Islam.”

— Elias Mallon, Muslim Leaders Worldwide Condemn ISIS

“ISIS does not represent the main Sunni Muslims' ideology. They are involved in acts of terror and violence, they are involved in destructing and demolishing the Muslim shrines. We condemn it.”

— Maulana Shahid Raza, Isis concern: British Muslim leaders condemn extremist group

“Extremist and militant ideas and terrorism which spread decay on Earth, destroying human civilisation, are not in any way part of Islam, but are enemy number one of Islam, and Muslims are their first victims.”

— Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, Islamic State is our top enemy: Saudi mufti

“If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him. Do not lack. Do no…”

— Abu Muhammad Al ‘Adnani, In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful

“There is no consensus on how to pronounce ISIS, either. Many people say ‘eye-sis,’ the way most English speakers (notably including Bob Dylan) would pronounce the name of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis. When an English word begins with I, followed by a single consonant and another vowel, the long…”

— Patrick J. Lyons, Mona El-Naggar, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria? Or Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant?

“What holds most people back isn’t the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves. You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.”

— Russell Simmons, Success Through Stillness

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“On the meaning of the ISIS flag: The white banner at the top of the flag reads: There is no god but Allah. Mohammad is the messenger of Allah. This phrase is a declaration of faith used across Islam, and is known as the shahada. Underneath is a white circle emblazoned with black writing reading "Moh…”

— Kashmira Gander, Kashmira Gander, What the words on Isis' flag mean