Sherif Saadany

“People are wonderful. I love individuals. I hate groups of people. I hate a group of people with a 'common purpose'. 'Cause pretty soon they have little hats. And armbands. And fight songs. And a list of people they're going to visit at 3am. So, I dislike and despise groups of people but I love individuals. Every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking.”
― George Carlin

“Everyone seems inspired by some religion that promises fulfillment. Within the clashing words we are all expressing the same impulses. We are divided over methods which are the fruit of our reasoning, but not over our goals, which are identical.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars

“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti

“هائلٌ هو الحزن الذى فى
مقدور رجل وامرأة أن يخلُقاه
فيما بينهما،
مثلما هما كبيران ذانك العصفوران
الواقفان على الغصن يتناقران
وكبيرةٌ هى الشجرة نفسها
مع أمطار تحت الشمس
باديةٍ على وجهها

ستمطر أم لن تمطر؟
سيغرّد العصفوران نفساهما؟
هل سيدوم
تدفق ذلك الحزن الهائل مثل بحيرة
أو بحرٍ بين رجل وامرأة؟

هل سيطير الحزن بين شجرة وشجرة؟
مثل خطوات وحيدة فى غرفة؟
مثل لآلىء فى الهواء؟
مثل ألواح مثل جسورٍ مدمرَّة؟

ثمة غُصَين سقط على الغصن
طافيا.
هائل هو الحزن الذى فى مقدور
رجل وامرأة أن يسبّباه لنفسيهما
مثلما هو هائل إبحار الغصن فى البحيرة
مبتلاً بجسارتهِ ذاتِها.”
― Juan Gelman