Alaa

“ﻭﺇﻥ ﺍﻛﺘﻔﻰ ﻏَﻴﺮﻱ ﺑِﻄﻴﻒِ ﺧَﻴﺎﻟِﻪِ، ﻓﺄﻧﺎ ﺍﻟَّﺬﻱ ﺑﻮﺻﺎﻟﻪِ ﻻ ﺃﻛﺘﻔﻲ ”
― ابن الفارض

“Our human race is affected by a chronic underestimation of the possibility of the future straying from the course initially envisioned (in addition to other biases that sometimes exert a compounding effect). To take an obvious example, think about how many people divorce. Almost all of them are acquainted with the statistic that between one-third and one-half of all marriages fail, something the parties involved did not forecast while tying the knot. Of course, "not us," because "we get along so well" (as if others tying the knot got along poorly).”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“إذا لم يكن للحياة معنى فلم لا نخلق لها معنى؟!”
― Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street

“يوم من دون قراءة يخلف في النفس نوعا من تأنيب الضمير الذي يعتري المؤمن إذا ما فاته الفرض”
― إبراهيم أصلان, شيء من هذا القبيل