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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“قد كنتُ في زمن الطفولةِ, و السذاجة و الطهور
أحيا كما تحيا البلابلُ, والجداولُ, والزُّهورْ
لا نحفل, الدنيا تدور بأهلها, أو لا تدورْ
واليومَ أحيا مُرْهَقَ الأعْصاب , مشبوب الشعور
مُتأجِّجَ الإحساسِ, أحفلُ بالعظيم, وبالحقيرْ
تمشـي على قلبي الحياةُ, ويزحف الكون الكبير
هذا مصيري, يا بني, فما أشقى المصيرْ!”
― أبو القاسم الشابي, أغاني الحياة

“حياتها جهات ثلاثة
استفهام وتعجب و...صمت”
― خالد الباتلي, ليتها تقرأ

“عليك بالعلم، والفهم فيه الفهم، وتصدق عليه بنوم الجفون، وأنفق عليه من دمع العيون، واكتبه في ألواح قلبك، واستعن على طلبه بتوفيق ربك، وأتعب في طلبه أقدامك، واشغل بتحصيله أيامك.”
― عائض بن عبد الله القرني, مقامات القرني

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“المبادئ الثابتة تولد سلوكا واضحا.والسلوك الواضح ينتج شخصية محددة المعالم”
― كريم الشاذلي, امرأة من طراز خاص

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.”
― malcolm x

“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
― Confucius

“أن أسوأ ورطة نقع فيها هي أن يستحوذ علينا ..أي شيء”
― مصطفى محمود, في الحب والحياة

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”
― Paulo Coelho's, Eleven Minutes

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love