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“وأنا لا أرى ما هو أجدر بالإستهجان مما يكتسبه المثقف من عادات فكرية تنزع به نحو ما يسمى "التفادى" أى النكوص أو التخلى (الذى يمارسه الكثيرون) عن الثبات فى موقفه القائم على المبادئ, على صعوبة ذلك, وهو يعلم علم اليقين أنه الموقف الصائب ولكنه يختار ألا يلتزم به, فهو لا يريد أن يظهر فى صورة من اكتسى لونا سياسيا أكثر مما ينبغى له, وهو يحاول ألا يظهر فى صورة من يختلف الناس عليه, وهو يحتاج إلى رضاء رئيسه عنه, أو رضاء من يمثل السلطة, ويريد الحفاظ على سمعته باعتباره متوازنا, موضوعيا, معتدلا, وهو يأمل أن يُطلب من جديد لإسداء المشورة, أو للاشتراك فى عضوية مجلس أو لجنة ذائعة الصيت, وأن يظل من ثم فى التيار الرئيسى للقادرين على تحمل المسؤولية, ويأمل أن يحصل يوما على شهادة فخرية, أو جائزة كبرى, وربما منصب سفير فى دولة أجنبية.”
― Edward W. Said, Representations of the Intellectual

“if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances.”
― Julia Sorel

“You did respond—your response was the worst kind—you did nothing.”
― Emily Franklin, Balancing Acts

“There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.”
― Balthasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom

“If someone loves you, they should not be envious of you pouring your heart and soul and time and energy into the things that you are passionate about, but instead....they should love you MORE because you are so involved in those things.”
― Sharon Swan

“All that effort,” he mused, “merely to avoid me. How gratifying.”
― Shana Abé, The Smoke Thief

“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss… this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Guilt loves the passive.”
― Jonathan Price, Put That in Writing

“You can't get attention of one who focused on himself.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“People with dimple have a divine role in this universe: smile!”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.”
― Joan Jett

“She would be one of those who kneel to their own shadows till feet grow on their knees; then go down on their hands till their hands grow into feet; then lay their faces on the ground till they grow into snouts; when at last they are a hideous sort of lizards, each of which believes himself the best, wisest, and loveliest being in the world, yea, the very centre of the universe. And so they run about for ever looking for their own shadows that they may worship them, and miserable because they cannot find them, being themselves too near the ground to have any shadows; and what becomes of them at last, there is but one who knows.”
― George MacDonald, The Wise Woman and Other Stories

“There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as we live. The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just a perversion of the order of things.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

“‎Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her...”
― J. Ruth Gendler, The Book of Qualities

“Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was befriended by Courage. Courage lent Compassion bright sweaters, explained the slang, showed her how to play volleyball.”
― J. Ruth Gendler, The Book of Qualities