Ali

“For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.”
― Anatole France, The Gods Will Have Blood

“من زندگي را دوست دارم ولي
از زندگي دوباره مي ترسم!
دين را دوست دارم
ولي از کشيش ها مي ترسم!
قانون را دوست دارم
ولي از پاسبانها مي ترسم!
عشق را دوست دارم
ولي از زنها مي ترسم!
کودکان را دوست دارم
ولي ز آئينه مي ترسم!
سلام رادوست دارم
ولي از زبانم مي ترسم!
من مي ترسم
پس هستم
اينچنين مي گذرد روز و روزگارمن!
من روز را دوست دارم
ولي از روزگار مي ترسم”
― حسین پناهی