“كانت القسوة خطيئتك ...
وكانت الكبرياء خطيئتي ...
وحين التحمت الخطيئتان كان الفراق مولودهما الجهنمي”
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وكانت الكبرياء خطيئتي ...
وحين التحمت الخطيئتان كان الفراق مولودهما الجهنمي”
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“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
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“بت أعتقد أن الناس أوغاد لا خلاق لهم وأنه من الخير لهم أن يعترفوا بذلك وأن يقيموا حياتهم علي دعامة من هذا الإعتراف وهكذا تكون المشكلة الأخلاقية الجديدة هي :
كيف نكفل الصالح العام والسعادة البشرية في مجتمع من الأوغاد؟”
― المرايا
كيف نكفل الصالح العام والسعادة البشرية في مجتمع من الأوغاد؟”
― المرايا
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The Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
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