Munirah > Munirah's Quotes

“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“إن الملايين ممن ينوون الهجرة يكونون قد هاجروا نفسيا لحظة تقديم الطلب و هجروا الوطن على المستوى الشعورى.و يظل حالهم على هذا,حتى لو ظلوا سنوات ينتظرون الإشارة بالرحيل.فتكون النتيجة الفعلية أننا نعيش فى بلد فيه الملايين من المهاحرين بالنية أو الذين رحلوا من هنا بأرواحهم, و لا تزال أبدانهم تتحرك وسط الجموع كأنها أبدان الموتى الذين فقدوا أرواحهم ,ولم يبق لديهم إلا الحلم الباهت بالرحيل النهائى.”
― يوسف زيدان, كلمات: التقاط الألماس من كلام الناس

“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“For those who are not frightened by the solitude, everything will have a different taste.

In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed.

In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.

In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.

In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.

And those who are alone at this moment, need never be frightened by the words of the devil: ‘You’re wasting your time.’

Or by the chief demon’s even more potent words: ‘No one cares about you.’

The Divine Energy is listening to us when we speak to other people, but also when we are still and silent and able to accept solitude as a blessing.

And when we achieve that harmony, we receive more than we asked for.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“The simplest things in life are the most extraordinary. Let them reveal themselves.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“نحن لا نكافئ الآخرين بغفراننا ذنوبهم، نحن نكافئ أنفسنا، ونتطهر من الداخل.”
― سعود السنعوسي, ساق البامبو

“الغياب شكل من أشكال الحضور، يغيب البعض وهم حاضرون في أذهاننا أكثر من وقت حضورهم في حياتنا”
― سعود السنعوسي, ساق البامبو

“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“All problems are illusions of the mind.”
― Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now

“لا قلب للحب”
― محمود درويش

“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“وأنت يا ابنتي معذورة في حيرتك، وفي التردد في طرح السؤال... فقد نشأت في بلاد الإجابات، الإجابات المعلبة التي اختزنت منذ مئات السنين، الإجابات الجاهزة لكل شيء، وعن كل شيء، فلا يبقى للناس إلا الإيمان بالإجابة، والكفر بالسؤال. الإجابة عندهم إيمان، والسؤال من عمل الشيطان! ثم تسود من بعد ذلك الأوهام، وتسود الأيام، وتتبدد الجرأة اللازمة والملازمة لروح السؤال.”
― يوسف زيدان, ظل الأفعى

“All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and interpretation. This is not to say that facts or data are nonexistent, but that facts get their importance from what is made of them in interpretation… for interpretations depend very much on who the interpreter is, who he or she is addressing, what his or her purpose is, at what historical moment the interpretation takes place.”
― Edward Said