 
   
      “العقل ليس وعاء يجب ملؤه بل نار يجب ايقادها
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire that must be kindled.”
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  The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire that must be kindled.”
―
 
      “كل يوم أعيشه هو هدية من الله ولن أضيعه بالقلق من المستقبل أو الحسرة على الماضي
Every day I live is a gift from God, and I won’t waste it worrying about the future or grieving for the past”
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  Every day I live is a gift from God, and I won’t waste it worrying about the future or grieving for the past”
―
 
      “لقد اكتشفت انا -كما يجب أن تكون اكتشفت أنت منذ زمن بعيد - كم هو ضروري ان يموت بعض الناس …من أجل أن يعيش البعض الآخر..انها حكمة قديمة ..أهم ما فيها الآن …أنني أعيشها
I have discovered what you have probably discovered a long time ago: how inevitable it is for some people to die for some others to live.. The most significant thing about this ancient wisdom is that I’m living it now..”
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  I have discovered what you have probably discovered a long time ago: how inevitable it is for some people to die for some others to live.. The most significant thing about this ancient wisdom is that I’m living it now..”
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      “Despite our tiffs, despite her nastiness, despite all the fuss and faces she made, and the vulgarity, and the danger, and the horrible hopelessness of it all, I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise - a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames - but still a paradise.”
    
― Lolita
  ― Lolita
 
      “إذا كنتم عبيداً في الأرض وقيل لكم: ازهدوا في حرية الأرض،ففي السماء تنتظركم حرية لاتوصف. اجيبوه: من لم يتذوق الحرية في الأرض لن يعرف طعمها في السماء
If you are slaves on Earth & you were told: “Renounce Earthly Freedom, for in Heaven awaits you unimaginalbe Freedom!” Answer him: “He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!”
― The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
  If you are slaves on Earth & you were told: “Renounce Earthly Freedom, for in Heaven awaits you unimaginalbe Freedom!” Answer him: “He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!”
― The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
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