Youssef Choumar

“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

“Frogs may bellow louder than bulls, but they cannot drag the plough in the field nor turn the wheel of the winepress, and of their skins you cannot make shoes.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“متهم بالانحياز وهي تهمة لا أنفيها: أنا منحاز لمن هم تحت”
― ناجي العلي

“لست مهزوما ما دمت تقاوم”
― مهدي عامل