Criminal Minds, S2E1, Quote 1

Criminal Minds S01E22 Quote

Criminal Minds S1E21 Quote 2

Criminal Minds, S1E21 Quote 1

No human or a person can ever claim that he / she has complete knowledge or truth, since no human can ever gain complete knowledge or know exact truth. Only Allah or God or Yahweh or Bhagwan or whatever other name you have for a Supreme Being can ever claim or say that because only It knows the what the real truth is.

Allah revealed that truth in Quran & whoever reads it, without any biases or presumptions, & with an open mind, starts to see the real truth & gain that knowledge, which will benefit him / her the most in this mortal life & in the immortal life in the hereafter.

Disclaimer: Yes, Albert Einstein was an atheist, & hence, most likely didn't believe in the latter half of the quote.

Criminal Minds, S1E20 Quote

 This is quite common in the immigrant community in the West. Regardless of whether the host country think of itself as a melting pot (e.g. USA) or a mosaic (e.g. Canada, Australia, UK etc.), immigrants eventually forget their roots & take on the cultures & traditions of the host countries. First generation of the immigrants are usually far more resistant to this change, but their generations after them start "disguising" them to fit better in the societies of the host countries, & eventually, lose themselves in the process.

One common example is celebrating Christmas & New Year's. Everyone, from a Muslim to a Hindu to a Jew to a Buddhist to a Sikh to even an Atheist celebrate Christmas & New Year's in the West. Heck, they even celebrate or actively take part in Easter & Halloween. Of course, all these holidays do have religious backgrounds in Christianity but people of other religions start taking part in these cultural & religious celebrations because they want to fit better & be seen as a part of their host countries. In the process, they & their subsequent generations forget their own religions, roots, cultures, & traditions.

Criminal Minds, S1E20 (Quote 1)

There are some people who only talk to hide their true intentions, esp. politicians. They talk a lot but their beautiful words hide their true intentions of deceits & lies.

Criminal Minds, S1E19 Quote

Criminal Minds, S1E19 Quote

Criminal Minds, S1E18 quote

Criminal Minds, S1E17 quote

now, what if the party which injures (murderer) is a government official / diplomat / a government administration / any powerful figure (police force) & the murder itself happens to take place in a foreign place where thousands unnecessarily died [Japan, China, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yemen, Colombia, India, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine (Crimea), Rwanda, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Congo, Sudan, Canada, US etc.]. Where's the atonement for all those unnecessary deaths?

Criminal Minds, S1E16 quote

A quote with which I can really relate to ...

Humans are born as social creatures with pack mentality, they will naturally seek to follow the majority, & rarely step outside of social protocol or ethical rules in social gatherings. Neither will they stand up & ask too many questions about the authorities of our society, since they would rather avoid such conflict to keep their conformity.

Nietzsche argues in this quote that to truly be the master of yourself, & to truly grasp the full potential of your life, you have to realize that the ideals & norms of society are hollow & without any real value or justification for their existence. Once you realize this, then you become a much better human.

I believe the ultimate morale behind this quote is that you should not just follow the majority blindly, which is something humans have a natural tendency to do, you have to be critical of the majority, & of the authorities. And you should never be afraid to go against the majority.

Criminal Minds, S1E15 (quote 2)

Criminal Minds, S1E15 (quote 1)

Criminal Minds, S1E14 (quote 2)

Criminal Minds, S1E14 (quote 1)

Pretty clear what it is saying; essentially, an eye for an eye.

Criminal Minds, S1E13 (quote 2)

Got this explanation from Yahoo answers:

This is a mis-translation of Confucius teaching & he meant something quite different from what it seems in the English translation. Confucius was not encouraging people to let go of the hatred, rather he reminds people the importance of revenge as it is part of the significance of one's dignity, & he was encouraging people to "dig two graves" because he believes that dignity is more important than one's own life.

My take on this quote is that when a person takes revenge (or plan to), he/she comes down to the same level as that other person, & hence, both suffer in the process of revenge. Better would be to "take the high road" & leave it to karma.

Criminal Minds, S1E13 (quote 1)

Everyone doesn't have the same values or thoughts. What's valuable to one is worthless to another. What's considered by one household as good is not considered as good by another. What's important to one city is not so important to another. What's a priority to one province / state is not such a big priority to another. What's considered fundamental to life by one country (e.g. democracy) is not considered as much important to another country.

Criminal Minds, S1E12 (quote 2)

This quote is from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Aurora Leigh":

   Shall I fail?
   The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase,
   'Let no one be called happy till his death.'...
   To which I add,-Let no one till his death
   Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
   Until the day's out and the labour done;
   Then bring your gauges. If the day's work's scant,
   Why, call it scant; affect no compromise;
   And, in that we have nobly striven at least,
   Deal with us nobly, women though we be,
   And honour us with truth, if not with praise.

Although, this quote seems simple enough, looking at the context of the whole passage, it seems to me that Elizabeth Browning was saying something along the lines of speaking truth to women in our lives. If we don't like something they have done in both their professional and/or personal lives, then we should give them an honest judgement of their work.

At the same time, we can expand it to include the general public. Like she says, we cannot judge someone's life to be a failure until his/her death. Death spells the "work done" for an individual. Life is full of ups & downs. So, one can't say about another's life to be a waste until that person has died. The "performance review" of life can only be done after the life ("work") has ended.

Criminal Minds, S1E12 (quote 1)

Don't blame the evil deeds you yourself do on a supernatural being. As the Quran says that we humans can be better than angels or worse than devils.

Criminal Minds, S1E11 quote

Value your relationships with your loved ones before they depart from this world.