Ahmad Hilal

“ويا مصْر وان خيّروني ما اسكن إلاكي
و لاجْل تتبِّسمي.. يا ما بابات باكي
تسقيني كاس المرار.. و برضُه باهواكي
بلدي ومالي إلا انتي ولو ظلمتيني..
مقبولة منِّك جراح قلبي وْدموع عيني
الجرح يشْفى إذا بإيدك لمستيني..
كلّك حلاوَة.. وكلمة «مصر».. أحلاكي!!”
― عبد الرحمن الأبنودي

“It is the mission of each true knight...
His duty... nay, his privilege!
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go;
To right the unrightable wrong.

To love, pure and chaste, from afar,
To try, when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star!

This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!

And I know, if I'll only be true
To this glorious Quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable stars!”
― Joe Darion, Man of La Mancha

“He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
― Joseph Campbell