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“If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.”
― Rachel Naomi Remen

“It is not that we have a soul, but that we are a soul.”
― Rachel Naomi Remen

“It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live.
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― Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather's Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging

“Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and loving life.”
― Rachel Naomi Remen

“My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.”
― Warsan Shire

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.”
― Bob Marley

“وما يحدث هذه الأيام أن الكل يرفع الأيدي بالدعاء لرفع الظلم ولكن الكل ظالم مستبد كل في دائرته فلا يستجاب دعاء .. وتغرق الدنيا في المظالم أكثر وأكثر.
ولو ركبنا إلى الله مركب الصدق .. وعدل كل منا في دائرته وأخلص في عمله واتقى في قوله لتولانا الله برحمته ولأكلنا من فوقنا ومن تحت أرجلنا ولما احتجنا لأحد ولا لشيء .. ولكننا نتكلم في الدين ولا نعرفه وندعو إلى الأخلاق ولا نتخلق بها ..
وهذه دنيانا .. أصبحت مرآه لأفعالنا .. ولا غرابة!!
يقول العارفون .. كما تكونوا يول عليكم.
ومن خفايا القلوب تأتي طوالع الغيوب.
وإنما يبدأ كفاح الظلم .. في نفوسنا أولا.
وهكذا كل شيء يبدأ منا ويرتد علينا.
وبين الظلم الظاهر والعدل الخفي خيط رفيع لا يراه إلا أهل القلوب.”
― مصطفى محمود, كلمة السر

“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”
― Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves