Leila

“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows, "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

“Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract and Discourses

“عجبت منك ومني
يا منية المتمني
أدنيتني منك حتى
ظننت أنك أني
وغبت في الوجد حتى
أفنيتني بك عني
يا نعمتي في حياتي
وراحتي بعد دفني
ما لي بغيرك أنس
من حيث خوفي وأمني
يا من رياض معانيه
قد حوت كل فني
وإن تمنيت شيئاً
فأنت كل التمني”
― الحلاج

“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns