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“أحببت كل الصور و غاب عني أن أرفع تنهيدة حب واحدة إلى المصور”
― أحمد بهجت, حوار بين طفل ساذج وقط مثقف

“It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

“إن في القلب شعث : لا يلمه إلا الإقبال على الله، وعليه وحشة: لا يزيلها إلا الأنس به في خلوته، وفيه حزن : لا يذهبه إلا السرور بمعرفته وصدق معاملته، وفيه قلق: لا يسكنه إلا الاجتماع عليه والفرار منه إليه، وفيه نيران حسرات : لا يطفئها إلا الرضا بأمره ونهيه وقضائه ومعانقة الصبر على ذلك إلى وقت لقائه ، وفيه طلب شديد: لا يقف دون أن يكون هو وحده المطلوب ، وفيه فاقة: لا يسدها الا محبته ودوام ذكره والاخلاص له، ولو أعطى الدنيا وما فيها لم تسد تلك الفاقة أبدا!!”
― ابن القيم الجوزية, عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين

“إذا علمت أن الله معك.. لم يبق في قلبك اضطراب من تشويش الأسباب”
― ابن القيم الجوزية

“الشوق إلى الله ولقائه نسيم يهب على القلب يروح عنه وهج الدنيا .”
― ابن القيم

“من وطّن قلبه عند ربه سكن واستراح ومن أرسله فى الناس إضطرب واشتد به القلق”
― ابن قيم الجوزية, الفوائد

“إذا استغنى الناس بالدنيا فاستغني انت بالله , وإذا فرحوا بالدنيا فافرح أنت بالله , وإذا أنسوا بأحبابهم , فاجعل انسك بالله , وإذا تعرفوا إلى ملوكهم وكبرائهم , وتقربوا إليهم , لينالوا بهم العزه والرفعه , فتعرف انت إلى الله , وتودد إليه , تنل بذالك غاية العزه والرفعه ..”
― ابن القيم الجوزية

“سأل رجل الشافعي رحمه الله فقال: يا أبا عبد الله، أيُّما أفضل للرجل: أن يمكن أوأن يبتلى؟ فقال الشافعي: لا يمكَّن حتى يبتلى، فإن الله ابتلى نوحاً، وإبراهيم، وموسى، وعيسى، ومحمداً صلوات الله وسلامه عليهم، فلما صبروا مكنهم، فلا يظن أحد أنه يخلص من الألم البتة.”
― ابن قيّم الجوزية, الفوائد

“The many contradictions in our lives – such as being home while feeling homeless, being busy while feeling bored, being popular while feeling lonely, being believers while feeling many doubts – can frustrate, irritate, and even discourage us. They make us feel that we are never fully present. Every door that opens for us makes us see how many more doors are closed.

But there is another response. These same contradictions can bring us into touch with a deeper longing, for the fulfillment of a desire that lives beneath all desires and that only God can satisfy. Contradictions, thus understood, create the friction that can help us move toward God.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith

“But sometimes you simply can't make yourself feel like acting. And in those situations, motivational advice risks making things worse, by surreptitiously strengthening your belief that you need to feel motivated before you act. By encouraging an attachment to a particular emotional state, it actually inserts an additional hurdle between you and your goal. The subtext is that if you can't make yourself feel excited and pleased about getting down to work, then you can't get down to work.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

“Sometimes the most valuable of all talents is to be able not to seek resolution; to notice the craving for completeness or certainty or comfort, and not to feel compelled to follow where it leads.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

“Pain is inevitable, from this perspective, but suffering is an optional extra, resulting from our attachments, which represent our attempt to try to deny the unavoidable truth that everything is impermanent.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking