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“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

“ليــس المهـم أن يمـوت الإنســان، قبــل أن يحقــق فكــرته النبيلــة... بــل المهــم أن يجــد لنفســه فكـــرة نبيلــة قبــل أن يمــوت”
― غسان كنفاني

“ليس بالضرورة أن تكون الأشياء العميقة معقّدة.
وليس بالضرورة أن تكون الأشياء البسيطة ساذجة..
إن الانحياز الفنّي الحقيقي هو:
كيف يستطيع الإنسان أن يقول الشيء العميق ببساطة”
― غسان كنفاني

“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois

“I may have come close, but I never had what you had. Something always held me back or stood in the way. How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“نحن أبناء الزمن الذي فقد فيه حتى الحزن "جلاله" صار مملًا هو الآخر، مثل "البرد" مثل "الصداع"، والملل لا يصنع فنًا، فقط أناسًا مملين.”
― أروى صالح, المبتسرون: دفاتر واحدة من جيل الحركة الطلابية