Ahmed

“إن كل حضارة بالغة تفقد دقة التذوق، تفقد معها أسباب بقائها، والتذوق ليس قوامًا للأدب والفنون وحدها، بل هو أيضًا قوام لكل علم وصناعة، على اختلاف بابات ذلك كله وتباين أنواعه وضروبه. وكل حضارة نامية تريد أن تفرض وجودها، وتبلغ تمام تكوينها،إذا لم تستقل بتذوق حسّاس حادّ نافذ،تختص به وتنفرد، لم يكن لإرادتها في فرض وجودها معنًى يعقل، بل تكاد تكون هذه الإرادة ضربًا من التوهم والأحلام لا خير فيه”
― محمود محمد شاكر, أباطيل وأسمار

“Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of what love is. The Western “love” concept, you take it apart, it really is lust. But love transcends just the physical. Love is disposition, behaviour, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes - these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades. You find in your Western civilisation that when a man’s wife’s physical beauty fails, she loses her attraction. But Islam teaches us to look into the woman, and teaches her to look into us.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X