Mahmoud Saad > Mahmoud's Quotes

“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Other Stories

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook

“إن كثرة القوانين في مجتمع ما وتشعبها والتعقيدات التشريعية علامة مؤكدة على وجود شيء فاسد في هذا المجتمع، وفي هذا دعوة للتوقف عن إصدار مزيد من القوانين والبدء في تعليم الناس وتربيتهم”
― علي عزت بيجوفيتش, الإعلان الإسلامي

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
― Joseph Campbell

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“أتعرفين ما هو الوطن يا صفية ؟ الوطن هو ألا يحدث ذلك كله.”
― غسان كنفاني, عائد إلى حيفا

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

“I’ve learned that home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Love, Rosie

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“لا أدرى كيف ترعرع فى وادينا الطيب هذا القدر من السفلة والأوغاد!”
― صلاح عبد الصبور, ليلى والمجنون

“لا أنصحك يا سيدي بأن تنظر لعينيها وهي تضحك .. لا أنصحك حتي لا تدمن هذه الضحكة .. فبعد إدمان إطالة النظر يأتي الحب مباشرة.. ولن تفلح محاولاتك في منع نفسك من السقوط في هواها !”
― محمود حسني, أول حكاية وشوية كراكيب

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
― George Carlin

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.”
― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame