Isa III

“يقول نيتشه: "الدين ثورة العبيد". ويقول ماركس: "الدين أفيون الشعوب". وفي الحقيقة إنّ الدين ثورة وأفيون في آن واحد. فهو عند المترفين أفيون وعند الأنبياء ثورة. وكل دين يبدأ على يد النبي ثورة ثم يستحوذ المترفون عليه بعد ذلك فيحولونه إلى أفيون. وعندئذ يظهر نبي جديد فيعيدها شعواء مرة أخرى.”
― علي الوردي, مهزلة العقل البشري

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored”
― Oglala Lakota

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring