Paul Thabet > Paul's Quotes

“The glory of God is the human person fully alive.”
― Irenaeus of Lyons

“A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.”
― John Eldredge, Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“إذ لم يكن من المرغوب فيه أن يكون لدى عامة الشعب وعي سياسي قوي , فكل ما هو مطلوب منهم وطنية بدائية يمكن اللجوء إليها حينما يستلزم الأمر.”
― جورج أورويل, 1984

“كيف يفرض إنسان سلطته على إنسان آخر يا ونستون؟
فكر ونستون ثم قال: بأن يجعله يعاني.”
― جورج أورويل, 1984

“2 + 2 = 5”
― George Orwell, 1984

“أنا أيضًا لديَ أحزان لم أتوقف عندها لأعطيها حقها من الانتباه.”
― عمر طاهر, إذاعة الأغاني: سيرة شخصية للغناء

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?”
― Anonymous

“ولكن آفة حارتنا النسيان.”
― نجيب محفوظ, أولاد حارتنا

“But even if we succeed in that part, we have a second problem, maybe bigger, in the weakness of international courts generally.” “Do you think they’re weak?” Tatiana gave Mary a sharp look, as if to say Please be serious. “Nations agree to them only if they like their judgments. But judgments always side with one side or other, so the losing side is never pleased. And there is no sheriff for the world. So, the US does what it wants, and the rest of us also do what we want. The courts only work when some petty war criminal gets caught and everyone decides to look virtuous.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future