نوف

“من المهم أن تذكَر نفسك باستمرار أنه يمكن للأمور أن تكون أسوأ.”
― عزيز محمد, .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك

“هذا كل ما يتطلّبه الأمر، لحظة تافهة كهذه، يدرك المرء بعدها، للمرة الأولى وللأبد، عناءَ أن يكونَ نفسه.”
― عزيز محمد, .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك

“Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an “army of unemployed” almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers’ goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before.”
― Albert Einstein, Why Socialism?

“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.”
― James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)