Youssef Choumar

“وأَقولُ لنفسي : سيطلع
من عَتْمتي قَمَرُ...”
― محمود درويش, سرير الغريبة

“Seven times I have despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“لست مهزوما ما دمت تقاوم”
― مهدي عامل

“Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam