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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

“ولقد يقال إن المجتمع الإسلامي يعيش طبقا لمبادئ القران,ومع ذلك فمن الأصوب أن نقول :إنه يتكلم تبعا لمبادئ القران لعدم وجود المنطق العملي في سلوكه الإسلامي ”
― مالك بن نبي, شروط النهضة

“ليست الديمقراطية إذن في أساسها عملية تسليم سلطات تقع بين طرفين معينين ، بين ملكِ وشعب مثلاً ، بل هي تكوين شعور وانفعالات ، ومقاييس ذاتية واجتماعية تشكل مجموعها الأسس التي تقوم عليها الديمقراطية في ضمير الشعب قبل أن ينص عليها أي دستور .”
― مالك بن نبي, تأملات

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
― May Sarton

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

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

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy”
― Khalil Gibran

“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.”
― Frederic Bastiat

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Voltaire, Candide