Ali Mohammed > Ali's Quotes

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“إذا لم تكثر الأشياء الكثيرة في النفس، كثرت السعادة ولو من قلة. فالطفل يقلِّب عينيه في نساءٍ كثيرات، ولكن أمَّه هي أجملهن وإن كانت شوهاء.. فأمه وحدها هي أمّ قلبه، ثم لا معنى للكثرة في هذا القلب.
هذا هو السر؛ خذوه أيها الحكماء عن الطفل الصغير!”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, وحي القلم

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I'd like to start this week with a request, and this one goes out to the followers of the three Abrahamic religions: the Muslims, Christians, and Jews. It's just a little thing, really, but do you think that when you've finished smashing up the world and blowing each other to bits and demanding special privileges while you do it, do you think that maybe the rest of us could sort of have our planet back? I wouldn't ask, but I'm starting to think that there must be something written in the special books that each of you so enjoy referring to that it's ok to behave like special, petulant, pugnacious, pricks.

Forgive the alliteration, but your persistent, power-mad punch-ups are pissing me off. It's mainly the extremists obviously, but not exclusively. It's a lot of 'main-streamers' as well. Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about.

Muslims: listen up my bearded and veily friends! Calm down, ok? Stop blowing stuff up. Not everything that said about you is an attack on the prophet Mohammed and Allah that needs to end in the infidel being destroyed. Have a cup of tea, put on a Cat Stevens record, sit down and chill out. I mean seriously, what's wrong with a strongly-worded letter to The Times?

Christians: you and your churches don't get to be millionaires while other people have nothing at all. They're your bloody rules; either stick to them or abandon the faith. And stop persecuting and killing people you judge to be immoral. Oh, and stop pretending you're celibate -- it's a cover-up for being a gay or a nonce. Right, that's two ticked off.

Jews! I know you're god's 'Chosen People' and the rest of us are just whatever, but when Israel behaves like a violent, psychopathic bully and someone mentions it that doesn't make them antisemitic. And for the record, your troubled history is not a license to act with impunity now.”
― Marcus Brigstocke

“أكثر الناس ينتظرون شيئاً ما ليتغيروا، وآخرون يتغيرون عندما تحدث لهم صدمة، أو تتغير أدوارهم في الحياة. لكن أعظم التغيير هو التغير المقصود الواعي النابع من التأمل والإرادة والشعور بالمسؤولية”
― طارق السويدان

“لماذا اعتبرت المرأة أدنى من الرجل في جميع انحاء العالم ؟ لان هذه الطريقة كانت الطريقة الوحيدة لتقييدها واستعبادها ولو كانت المراة مساوية للرجل لتسبب ذلك بمشكلة ؛ يجب تطبيعها على قبول الفكرة التي تقول إنها ادنى من الرجل
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― Osho

“إن اخطر ما يهدد حريتنا ليس السجن..ولكن مشنقة في داخلنا اسمها القلق”
― مصطفى محمود, الأحلام