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“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones.”
― Guillaume Musso, Will You Be There?

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“ما جدوى اصدار كتب جديدة
وشق طرق جديدة
وركوب سيارات جديدة
واجراء انتخابات جديدة
بل وما جدوى ان ننتعل احذية جديدة
ونرتدي معاطف جديدة

والوطن .. عتيق .. عتيق .. عتيق”
― محمد الماغوط

“لماذا كان أباطرة روما وعامة الشعب يحبون مشاهدة العبيد يمزقون بعضهم؟ لماذا لم يكسب الفقر الفقراء رحمة؟ ليت أحد علماء الاجتماع يفسر لي هذا.. على قدر علمي يختلف مزاج الأباطرة تمامًا عن مزاج عامة الشعب، فلماذا يتفق المزاجان في شيء واحد هو القسوة؟”
― يوتوبيا .. احمد خالد توفيق

“لا أُحب الصّراخ بحنجرتي، فصرخت بأصابعي وأصبحتُ كاتبة”
― كوليت خوري

“يجب علينا أن لا نبالغ في حماية أنفسنا وإلا فإننا سنفقدالإحساس بكل شيء وسيتجمد قلبنا ولن نعدو حينها كونناأمواتاً على قيد الحياةوتفقد هذه بالنسبة إلينا مذاقها”
― Guillaume Musso, Parce que je t'aime

“ليس بوسع أحد ان يبلغ الفجر من دون المرور بطريق الظلام

جبران خليل جبران”
― Guillaume Musso, Parce que je t'aime

“There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these as "junk DNA," though a certain amount of hubris was required for anyone to call any part of the genome "junk," given our level of ignorance.”
― Francis S. Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
― Carl Sagan

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
― Carl Sagan

“The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

“Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.”
― Carl Sagan

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
― Carl Sagan

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark