Mariam Elzeiny

“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“لا تطلب منه أن يخرجك من حالة ليستعملك فيما سواها، فلو أراد لاستعملك بغير إخراج.”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية

“إذا التَبسَ عليكَ أمرانِ، فَانظُر أثقلهما على النفْس فاتّبِعهُ؛ فإنهُ لا يَثَقلُ عليها إلا ما كان حقًا.”
― أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, الحِكم العطائية