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“She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Vol 1 of 8

“[T]hink of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“لكل جريمة عقاباولو بعد حين في الدنيا وفي الآخرة علي السواء
والحكمة الصينية القديمة تقول : لا تقتل خصمك .. و إنما اجلس علي حافة النهر وانتظر وسوف تري بعد حين جثته طافية فوق الماء !
وهذا طبيعي لأنه لو كان شريرا فلسوف تقتص منه الحياة نيابة عنك .. وبغير ان تلوث يديك بدمائه”
― عبد الوهاب مطاوع, نهر الحياة

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi

“Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.”
― Dale Carnegie

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”
― Edith Sitwell

“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”
― Charles de Gaulle

“If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.”
― Federico Fellini

“God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their
own.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to be killed and for you to betray me. We two must save the world. Help me."

Judas bowed his head. After a moment he asked, "If you had to betray your master, would you do it?"

Jesus reflected for a long time. Finally he said, "No, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task: to be crucified.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ

“Reach what you cannot”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

“We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“The canary began to sing again. The sun had struck it, and its throat and tiny breast had filled with song. Francis gazed at it for a long time, not speaking, his mouth hanging half opened, his eyes dimmed with tears.
"The canary is like man's soul," he whispered finally. "It sees bars round it, but instead if despairing, it sings. It sings, and wait and see, Brother Leo: one day its song shall break the bars.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“People haven't always been there for me but music always has.”
― Taylor Swift

“Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.”
― William S. Burroughs, Junky

“أنا أنثى ..

أنا أنثى
نهار أتيت للدنيا
وجدتُ قرار إعدامي ..
ولم أرَ بابَ محكمتي
ولم أرَ وجهَ حُكّامي”
― نزار قباني