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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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إن أكبر مايعانيه المجتمع ومايجعله ثابتا لايجيد التقدم إلى الأمام خطوة واحدة هوأن الناس فيه يرون النسبي مطلقا والأحكام عندهم قطعية ونهائية وهذه الرؤية الضيقة والمتحجرة جعلت من الصعب على المجتمع أن يتخلى عن أفكاره حتى ولو بدا له وجود خلل في بعضها على الأقل.”
― عائشه الحشر

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إن الجهل المتوهم علما هو من أقوى عوائق الحضارة وأشد موانع النهوض وهذا شأن معظم الناس في الكثير من المجتمعات,إنهم يتآلفون مع الجهل بحسبانه هوالحق المحض وفي هذه الحالة لايكون الانسان جاهلا فقط وانما بينه وبين الحقائق حواجز نفسية مانعة تصده عن البحث وتمنعه من المراجعة وتقنعه بسلامة ماهو مستقر في ذهنه.”
― عائشه الحشر

“I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.

I want.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“إن الله يغفر كل الذنوب والخطايا... إلا أن تترك امرأة تنام وحيدة”
― نيكوس كازانتزاكي

“فمي

الذي لكمه أبي وأمي والمدرسون والأطفال.
الذي أخجل، حين أفتحه، من تشوّه أسناني.
الذي مل من الأكل والبصق والضحكات.
الذي، كإناء، يتلقى دموعي.
الذي لم يقبّل امرأة، في تاريخه، أبدًا.
الذي حين ينطق كلمة، تجيء في غير موضعها”
― عماد أبو صالح, قبور واسعة

“No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?"

"They go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer.

"And what is hell? Can you tell me that?"

"A pit full of fire."

"And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?"

"No, sir."

"What must you do to avoid it?"

I deliberated a moment: my answer, when it did come was objectionable: "I must keep in good health and not die.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“When God Created Mothers"

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?" She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts...all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said. "Six pairs of hands.... no way."

It's not the hands that are causing me problems," God remarked, "it's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have."

That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. God nodded.

One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing in there?' when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word."

God," said the angel touching his sleeve gently, "Get some rest tomorrow...."

I can't," said God, "I'm so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick...can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower."

The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. "It's too soft," she sighed.

But tough!" said God excitedly. "You can imagine what this mother can do or endure."

Can it think?"

Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise," said the Creator.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek.

There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told You that You were trying to put too much into this model."

It's not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."

What's it for?"

It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride."

You are a genius, " said the angel.

Somberly, God said, "I didn't put it there.”
― Erma Bombeck, When God Created Mothers

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.”
― Carl Sandburg

“القاعد الاولي : إن الطريقة التي نري فيها الله ما هي الا انعكاس للطريق التي نري فيها انفسننا
فاذا لم يكن الله يجلب الي عقولنا إلا الخوف والملامة , فهذا يعني أن قدرا كبيرا من الخوف والملامة يتدفق في نفوسنا ,اما اذا رأينا الله مفعما بالمحبة و الرحمة , فاننا نكون كذلك”
― Elif Shafak

“من ظريف النكات في الثناء على المرأة الذكية قولهم " إنها تجاري الرجال" . ولماذا لا تكون مجارية نفسها التي تكشفتها كل يوم ؟”
― مي زيادة

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
― Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

“God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.”
― Bono

“The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.”
― Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

“فلقد كان الرغيف برزخ العبور من مرحلة الهمجية إلى مرحلة الحضارة”
― فراس السواح, لغز عشتار: الألوهة المؤنثة وأصل الدين والأسطورة

“Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
― Adelaide Hoodless

“ما شكت المرأة إليكم ظلمًا ، ولا تقدمت إليكم في أن تحلوا قيدها وتطلقوها من أسرها، فما دخولكم بينها وبين نفسها وما تمضغكم ليلكم ونهاركم بقصصها وأحاديثها، إنّها لا تشكو إلا فضولكم وإسفافكم”
― مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي, العبرات

“الاستحمار هو طلسمة الذهن وإلهاؤه عن الدراية الإنسانية والدراية الاجتماعية و إشغاله بحق أو بباطل، مقدس أو غير مقدس.”
― علي شريعتي, النباهة والاستحمار