Mais Taha > Mais's Quotes

“Don't think or judge, just listen.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“It’s okay to be crazy and scared and brave at the same time!”
― Kelly Epperson

“It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

“You're going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is happy and at peace they mistake for weakness. It's not your job to change these people, but it's your job to show them that your peace and gentleness do not equate to weakness. I have always appeared to be fragile and delicate but the thing is, I am not fragile and I am not delicate. I am very gentle but I can show you that the gentle also possess a poison. I compare myself to silk. People mistake silk to be weak but a silk handkerchief can protect the wearer from a gunshot. There are many people who will want to befriend you if you fit the description of what they think is weak; predators want to have friends that they can dominate over because that makes them feel strong and important. The truth is that predators have no strength and no courage. It is you who are strong, and it is you who has courage. I have lost many a friend over the fact that when they attempt to rip me, they can't. They accuse me of being deceiving; I am not deceiving, I am just made of silk. It is they who are stupid and wrongly take gentleness and fairness for weakness. There are many more predators in this world, so I want you to be made of silk. You are silk.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“عندما جعل علي شريعتي هجرة النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكه إلى المدينة ،فجعلها تنطبق على وضع الإنسان ذاته باعتباره اختياراً وكفاحا وصيروره متواصله ،إنه هجره لانهائية ،هجرة داخل نفسه من الصلصال إلى الإله ،إنه مهاجر داخل روحه نفسها”
― Edward W. Said, Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

“و ما إن تنتقل أمي إلى الانجليزية حتى تصير نبرتها أكثر موضوعية وجدية فتكاد تطرد نهائيا الحميمية المتسامحة والمتموسقة للغتها الأولى، العربية

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― Edward W. Said, Out of Place

“تخترع جميع العائلات آباءها و أبناءها و تمنح كل واحد منهم قصة و شخصية و مصيراً , بل إنها تمنحه لغته الخاصة .”
― Edward W. Said, Out of Place