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“True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life," to extend their trembling hands. True generosity lies in striving so that these hands--whether of individuals or entire peoples--need be extended less and less in supplication, so that more and more they become human hands which work and, working, transform the world.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“وقال لي جندي شاعر إنه لم يشعر بأنه غريب في فلسطين وما واحدا في حياته الا حين دخل إحدى القرى العربية في الضفة الغربية بعد الحرب الأخيرة. كان في الزي العسكري. ورأى طفلة في الشارع تنظر إليه نظرة جعلته يشعر بالزلزال. من عيون الطفلة التي لا يستطيع شرح نظراتها أدرك أنه محتل. لم يخفِ الجندي دهشته من رفض عيون الطفلة.
قال: هذه الطفلة,, من أين جاءت بالذاكرة؟ ومن علمها أن لها وطنا,, من علمها؟!”
― محمود درويش, يوميات الحزن العادي

“There's only two types of people in the world: the ones that entertain, and the ones that observe.”
― Britney Spears

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

“The more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“نظام الله خير في ذاته ، لأنه من شرع الله ، ولن يكون شرع العبيد يوما كشرع الله”
― سيد قطب, معالم في الطريق

“إن القيمة الكبرى في ميزان الله هي قيمة العقيدة، وإن السلعة الرائجة في سوق الله هي سلعة الإيمان، وإن النصر في أرفع صوره هو انتصار الروح على المادة، وانتصار العقيدة على الألم،وانتصار الإيمان على الفتنة”
― سيد قطب, معالم في الطريق

“Edmund has inherited a great deal, and money heals all wounds,” Mrs. Steele said sagely. “Don’t you mean time heals all wounds?” Beatrice asked. “No…that doesn’t sound right. It’s definitely money,”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

“One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

“Everything that's worth having is some trouble…”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea