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

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“أتعلمين أيُ حزنً يبعثُ المطر ؟
وكيف تنشجُ المزاريب اذا انهمر ؟
وكيف يشعُرُ الوحيدُ فيه بالضياع ؟
بلا انتهاء,
كالدم المراق,كالجياع
كالحب,كالاطفال,كالموتى,هو المطر!”
― بدر السياب

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”
― Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street

“تُرى : حين أفقأ عينيك
ثم أثبت جوهرتين مكانهما
هل ترى ؟
هي أشياءَ لا تُشترى.”
― أمل دنقل

“When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.”
― Dale Carnegie

“فكرنا خاضع لطغيان الشيء والشخص, وهذا السبب سيختفي عندما تستعيد الأفكار سلطانها في عالمنا الثقافي. حينئذ فإن محاكمتنا للأمور بصفة عامة؛ وفي الإطار السياسي بصفة خاصة تأخذ أو تسترد طابعها المنهجي والمعمم؛ والذي يستطيع أن يصهر بدفعة واحدة عديداً من التفاصيل في كل موّحد, وأن يصبها في تركيب متآلف”
― مالك بن نبي, مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي

“وكل ما يصدر عن الله جميل ، وإن كنا لا نرى الجمال في المصيبة”
― ابن قيم الجوزية

“الشوق إلى الله ولقائه نسيم يهب على القلب يروح عنه وهج الدنيا .”
― ابن القيم

“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“أريد الصمت كي أحيا، ولكن الذي ألقاه ينطقني..”
― أحمد مطر

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“كلما رأيت أنثى، خُيّل إليّ أني أرى الحياة على قدمين”
― نجيب محفوظ

“مهما يكن من قذارة الفأر .. فإن منظره في المصيدة يثير الرثاء !”
― نجيب محفوظ

“كيف نضجر وللسماء هذه الزرقة ، وللأرض هذه الخضرة ، وللورد هذا الشذا ، وللقلب هذه القدرة العجيبة على الحب ، وللروح هذه الطاقة اللانهائية على الإيمان. كيف نضجر وفي الدنيا من نحبهم ، ومن نعجب بهم ، ومن يحبوننا ، ومن يعجبون بنا.”
― نجيب محفوظ

“من الغريب أن يكون أحب الناس إلينا أقدرهم على تشويش حياتنا”
― جبران خليل جبران

“وحدها الأسئلة الساذجة هي الأسئلة الهامة فعلاً. تلك الأسئلة التي تبقى دون جواب. إن سؤالاً دون جواب حاجز لا طرقات بعده. وبطريقة أخرى: الأسئلة التي تبقى دون جواب هي التي تشير إلى حدود الإمكانات الإنسانية، وهي التي ترسم وجودنا.”
― ميلان كونديرا