Ahmad Mustafa

“مَن يَصِل إلى اليقين إنْ تعاظمتْ لديه الشكوك؟”
― عبد السلام إبراهيم, عرش الديناري

“Death is a certainty, an inevitable realization, the only thing that we know will befall us. There are no exceptions, no surprises: all paths lead to it. Everything we do is a preparation for it, a preparation that we begin at birth, whimpering with our foreheads against the ground. We never move farther away from death, only closer. But if it is a certainty, then why are we surprised when it comes? If this life is a short passage that lasts only an hour or a day, then why do we fight to prolong it one more day or hour? Worldly life is treacherous, eternity is better.3”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“If a woman upsets you,
forgive her.
If a woman betrays you,
forsake her.
If a woman abandons you,
forget her.

If a woman stands behind you,
respect her.
If a woman stands beside you,
cherish her.
If a woman stands with you,
adore her.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sincerity is the certitude that we speak the truth (and who can be certain of that?), but there are many kinds of honesty, and they do not always agree with one another.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish