“و متى كان الله بحاجة إلى دين إنسان؟ إنما أحتاج إليه لأجعله ديني، و لا يحتاج إليّ لأدين به”
― البيادر
― البيادر
“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook
“فما دامت غايتك من مذهبك الوصول إلى الله و غايتي من مذهبي الوصول إلى الله، فما شأنك معي أيّ طريق أسلك إلى الهدف”
― البيادر
― البيادر
“Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name?
~Jack or The Submission”
― The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays
~Jack or The Submission”
― The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays
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