Abrar > Abrar's Quotes

“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary

“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
― Malcolm X

“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady”
― Marilyn Monroe

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“Change is the end result of all true learning.”
― Leo Buscaglia

“Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.”
― Leo Buscaglia

“Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature.

Information is control.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having,has a price.”
― Joan Didion

“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”
― Adrienne Rich

“La vie c’est comme la bicyclette : quand on arrête de pédaler on tombe.”
― Albert Einstein

“انت في حاجه الي قرائه الفلسفه .. الشعر .. القصص ..في حاجه الي فتح ذهنك علي الشرق و الغرب ليحصل علي التهويه الضروريه فلا يتعفن ..و ستفهم نفسك من خلال الناس الذين تقرأ لهم ..و اذا فهمت نفسك ..فقد وضعت قدمك علي بدايه الطريق..و عرفت من اين يكون المسير”
― مصطفى محمود, الله والإنسان

“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." - Joe Fox”
― Nora Ephron

“One person's craziness is another person's reality.”
― Tim Burton

“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
― Joss Whedon

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone.”
― Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“أنا يا صديقة متعب بعروبتي
فهل العروبة لعنة وعقاب ؟
أمشي على ورق الخريطة خائفا
فعلى الخريطة كلنا أغراب
أتكلم الفصحى أمام عشيرتي
وأعيد ... لكن ما هناك جواب
لولا العباءات التي التفوا بها
ما كنت أحسب أنهم أعراب
يتقاتلون على بقايا تمرة
فخناجر مرفوعة وحراب

قبلاتهم عربية ... من ذا رأى
فيما رأى قبلا لها أنياب
يا تونس الخضراء كأسي علقم
أعلى الهزيمة تشرب الأنخاب ؟
وخريطة الوطن الكبير فضيحة
فحواجز ... ومخافر ... وكلاب
والعالم العربي ....إما نعجة
مذبوحة أو حاكم قصاب
والعالم العربي يرهن سيفه
فحكاية الشرف الرفيع سراب
والعالم العربي يخزن نفطه
في خصيتيه ... وربك الوهاب
والناس قبل النفط أو من بعده
مستنزفون ... فسادة ودواب
يا تونس الخضراء كيف خلاصنا ؟
لم يبق من كتب السماء كتاب
ماتت خيول بني أمية كلها
خجلا ... وظل الصرف و الإعراب
فكأنما كتب التراث خرافة
كبرى ... فلا عمر ... ولا خطاب
وبيارق ابن العاص تمسح دمعها
وعزيز مصر بالفصام مصاب
من ذا يصدق أن مصر تهودت
فمقام سيدنا الحسين يباب
ما هذه مصر ... فان صلاتها
عبرية ... و إمامها كذاب
ما هذه مصر ... فان سماءها
صغرت ... وان نساءها أسلاب
إن جاء كافور ... فكم من حاكم
قهر الشعوب ... وتاجه قبقاب
بحرية العينين ... يا قرطاجة
شاخ الزمان ... وأنت بعد شباب
هل لي بعرض البحر نصف جزيرة ؟
أم أن حبي التونسي سراب
أنا متعب ... ودفاتري تعبت معي
هل للدفاتر يا ترى أعصاب ؟
حزني بنفسجة يبللها الندى
وضفاف جرحي روضة معشاب
لا تعدليني إن كشفت مواجعي
وجه الحقيقة ما عليه نقاب
إن الجنون وراء نصف قصائدي
أوليس في بعض الجنون صواب ؟!
فتحملي غضبي الجميل فربما
ثارت على أمر السماء هضاب
فإذا صرخت بوجه من أحببتهم
فلكي يعيش الحب و الأحباب
و إذا قسوت على العروبة مرة
فلقد تضيق بكحلها الأهداب
فلربما تجد العروبة نفسها
ويضيء في قلب الظلام شهاب
ولقد تطير من العقال حمامة
ومن العباءة تطلع الأعشاب
قرطاجة ...قرطاجة ... قرطاجة
هل لي لصدرك رجعة و متاب ؟
لا تغضبي مني ... إذا غلب الهوى
إن الهوى في طبعه غلاب
فذنوب شعري كلها مغفورة
والله - جل جلاله - التواب”
― نزار قباني

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

“البعض لا يعني الكل، تعود أن لا تعطي أحكاما شمولية، ولا تقفز إلى استنتاجات سريعة”
― عبد الجبار عدوان, راوي قرطبة

“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

“The truth is, if we become comfortable with who we are rather than who we think we should be, then we will be less insecure.”
― Daniel Gottlieb, Learning from the Heart: Lessons on Living, Loving, and Listening

“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)”
― Sylvia Plath