Mariam Abdelrahman > Mariam's Quotes

“Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.”
― J.K. Rowling

“سل شخصا متدينا في مظهره أو شيخا : ما الذي تراه في المستقبل لحال الأمة العربية والإسلامية ؟ فإن رد عليك بالسلب مثل "لا تبشر بخير" فلا يغرّك ملبسه ولا شكله ولا كلامه , فهذا أفقر ما يكون للإيمان ”
― صلاح صالح الراشد, قانون الجذب

“التأمل يؤدي إلى التبصر”
― صلاح الراشد, كيف تخطط لحياتك

“لا شيء يعلو الحرية، أجمل ما وهبك الله. لا تفرط بها. من يوم ولادتك والعشرات وراء برمجتك. تصل سن السابعة المئات وراءك. بعد ذلك ألوف وملايين. كلهم يزعم أنه يعرف أكثر منك عنك. لا يغشوك. أنت أعلم بنفسك من أي أحد، والله أعلم بك منك. والله ليس على ألسنة القساوسة والحاخامات والمشايخ والدعاة والفلاسفة”
― صلاح صالح الراشد

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“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

“Die slowly

He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting ones "it’s" rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings,
dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

He who does not travel, who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem,
who does not allow himself to be helped,
who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck, about the rain that never stops,
dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project before starting it, who fail to ask questions on subjects he doesn't know, he or she who don't reply when they are asked something they do know,
die slowly.

Let's try and avoid death in small doses,
reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead
to the attainment of a splendid happiness.”
― Martha Medeiros