“You must first of all think justly. Don’t sit in judgment over others when you don’t know the truth of the matter.”
― Bumi Manusia
― Bumi Manusia
“My heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
How can You place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look," He answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world.”
―
it's almost invisible.
How can You place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look," He answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world.”
―
“Within the reigning social order, the general public must remain an object of manipulation, not a participant in thought, debate, and decision.”
― Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
― Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
“Ada sebuah ungkapan bijak yang mengatakan bahwa manusia itu ada empat macam. Pertama, mereka yang tahu bahawa dirinya tahu. Yang ini patut dipercaya dan diikuti. seperti disinyalir dalam al-Qur’an: ula’ika l-ladziina hadallah, fa-bi-hudaahum iqtadih! (al-An’aam: 90). Kedua, mereka yang tidak tahu bahwa dirinya tahu. Yang seperti ini harus diingatkan dan disadarkan dulu sebelum diikuti. Ketiga, mereka yang tahu bahwa dirinya tidak tahu. Yang semacam ini perlu dibimbing dan ditunjukkan. Keempat, mereka yang tidak tahu bahwa dirinya tidak tahu. Yang model begini tidak perlu dilayani, kerana cenderung ngeyel ‘merasa tahu tetapi tidak tahu merasa’. Kepada golongan ini kita disarankan cukup berkata: salaamun ‘alaykum la nabtahghi l-jaahiliin (al-Qashash: 55).”
― Orientalis & Diabolisme Pemikiran
― Orientalis & Diabolisme Pemikiran
“This very heart which is mine will forever remain indefinable to me. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give to that assurance, the gap will never be filled. Forever I shall be a stranger to myself.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
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