- Kyai Abubakar: [notices long leather case in Ahmad Dahlan's arm, remarks humorously] People who return from Mecca usually bring back books, not a gun.
- Ahmad Dahlan: This is a violin, Dad. A friend from Bugis gave it to me on the ship.
- Ahmad Dahlan: A man with religion is a person who can feel beauty. Quiet and peaceful. Brightness. Because the essence of religion is like music: To accommodate, to create peace.
- Ahmad Dahlan: I myself do not know whether what I'm doing is right.
- Siti Walidah: If we knew, we would never learn.
- Hisyam: Suppose we become caretakers of this organization, will we get a salary ?
- Ahmad Dahlan: I do hope that Muhammadiyah would be an organization whose purpose is to serve for the benefit of the people, and not individual interests.
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- Ahmad Dahlan: Try to make Muhammadiyah live forever, instead of trying to make a living out of Muhammadiyah.
- Lurah Muhammad Noor: We are family. We should not hate each other just to maintain our ideals. Each of us have the responsibility to jihad
- [strive]
- Lurah Muhammad Noor: to become our best before Allah. But do we have to sacrifice the unity of our family ?
- Ahmad Dahlan: There's no intention of sacrificing anyone. Instead, I have always respected anyone who has different ideals from me.
- Ahmad Dahlan: We can have principles as long as we don't become fanatical. Because fanaticism is a sign of ignorant people. As Muslims, we must show that we can cooperate with everyone. Basically, "lakum dinukum waliyadin": Your faith is your faith, my faith is my faith.
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