Samer Hani

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“...people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of an ax, and they immediately surrender themselves to deadly haste. Can you tell me what kind of day can follow a beginning of such violence? What happens to people whose alarm clock daily gives them a small electric shock? Each day they become more used to violence and less used to pleasure.”
― Milan Kundera, Farewell Waltz

“يقول لنا المفكر الهندي وحيد الدين خان: إذا كان الظما إلى الماء يدل على وجود الماء فكذلك الظمأ إلى العدل لابد أنه يدل على وجود العدل .. ولأنه لا عدل في الدنيا .. فهو دليل على وجود الآخرة مستقر العدل الحقيقي”
― مصطفى محمود, رحلتي من الشك إلى الإيمان

“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.”
― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty