Ali Hussain > Ali's Quotes

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”
― Muhammad Ali

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley

“إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَلِيماً فَتَحَلَّمْ، فَإِنَّهُ قَلَّ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بَقَوْمٍ الْأَ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ.”
― علي بن أبي طالب

“ما فائدة البنادق و الرصاص ؟ ألكي تخضع هؤلاء الناس بقتل بعضهم ؟ و ما فائدة القتل في قوم يحبون قتلاهم و موتاهم ؟ في قوم يخلقون من الميت الواحد مئات الأحياء و يخلقون لكل حي بعد هذا الاف الأولاد .؟”
― يوسف إدريس, حادثة شرف

“الهدر الإنساني حالة تتفاوت من إباحة إراقة الدم في فعل القتل أو التصفيات كحد أقصى ، إلى سحب القيمة والتنكر لها ، مما يجعل الكيان الإنساني يفقد مكانته أو منعته وحرمته.. وقد يتخذ الهدر شكل عدم الاعتراف بالطاقات والكفاءات أو الحق في تقرير المصير والإرادة الحرة وحتى الحق بالوعي بالذات والوجود .. قد يكون الهدر مادياً ومعنوياًً أو على مستوى الحقوق إلا أنه يتم على خلفية من الإستباحة*.”
― مصطفى حجازي

“الفتن التي تتخفى وراء قناع الدين تجارة رائجة جدًا في عصور التراجع الفكري للمجتمعات”
― ابن خلدون

“لو أن القاضي حين يحكم بالإعدام يتولي هو تنفيذه بنفسه لكان له رأي آخر في قيمة الأدلة ، والقائد الذي يأمر جيشه أن يسرف في القتل إنما يأمر، وعلي غيره أن يقتل”
― محمد كامل حسين, قرية ظالمة

“الحسد أول خطيئة ظهرت في السموات، وأول معصية حدثت في الأرض”
― عمرو بن بحر الجاحظ, رسائل الجاحظ

“الكلاب تجيد دور الأُسود
والأُسود لاتجيد دور الكلاب
فدور الأُسود يحتاج ... قوة !
ودور الكلاب يحتاج ... نجاسة !”
― شهرزاد الخليج

“حين تتماس دوائرُ الدين والسياسة، تدور معهما عجلة العنف.”
― يوسف زيدان, اللاهوت العربي وأصول العنف الديني