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“For only thus, living each moment separately and looking neither forward nor back, could such a life be borne and a man keep himself alive in hope of better days.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“But misfortunes do not last forever (this they have in common with joys) but pass away or are at least diminished and become lost in oblivion. Life on the kapia always renews itself despite everything and the bridge does not change with the years or with the centuries or with the most painful turns in human affairs. All these pass over it, even as the unquiet waters pass beneath its smooth and perfect arches.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“غضب العاقل في فعله , وغضب الجاهل في قوله”
― علي بن أبي طالب, نهج البلاغه

“Two kinds of greedy people never get satisfied; the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world”
― Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, Nahjul Balagha

“العفاف زينة الفقر، والشكر زينة الغنى، والصبر زينة البلوى، والتواضع زينة الحسب، والفصاحة زينة اللسان، والعدل زينة الإيمان، والسكينة زينة العبادة، والحفظ زينة الرواية، وخفض الجناح زينة العلم، وحسن الأدب زينة العقل، وبسط الوجه زينة الحلم، والإيثار زينة الزهد، وبذل المجهود زينة النفس، وكثرة البكاء زينة الخوف، والتقلل زينة القناعة، وترك المنّ زينة المعروف، والخشوع زينة الصلاة، وترك ما لا يعني زينة الورع، و أشرف الغنى ترك المُنى”
― علي بن أبي طالب, نهج البلاغه

“فيا لله وللشورى متى اعترض الريب في مع الأول منهم حتى صرت أقرن إلى هذه النظائر ؟؟”
― علي بن أبي طالب, نهج البلاغه

“There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.”
― Ali ibn Abu-Talib, Nahj Al-Balaghah (Peak of Eloquence) for Children

“قلَّ يا رسولَ الله عن صَفِيّتِكَ صبري، ورَقَّ عنها تَجَلُّدي، إلا أنّ في التأسِّي بعظيمِ فٌرْقتِكَ وفادحِ مصيبتِكَ موضعَ تعزِّ، فلقد وسَّدْتُكَ في مَلْحُودَةِ قبركَ، وفاضتْ بين نحري وصدري نفسُكَ، فإنَّا للّه وإِنَّا إليه راجعون،
فلقد اُسْتُرْجِعَتِ الودِيعَةُ وأُخِذَتِ الرَّهِينَةُ،
أما حُزْنِي فسَرْمَدٌ، وأما ليلي فَمُسَهَّدٌ إلى أن يختارَ اللّه لي دارَكَ الّتي أنت بها مقيمٌ”
― علي بن أبي طالب, نهج البلاغه

“دواؤك فيك وما تُبصر وداؤك منك وما تَشعر
وَ تزعم أنك جرمٌ صغير،،وفيك انطوى العالمُ الأكبرُ”
― علي بن أبي طالب

“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”
― Cory Doctorow, Little Brother

“I can't go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself.”
― Cory Doctorow, Little Brother

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“This moment will just be another story someday.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower