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Kareem Gamal
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“أكيد هناك أخطاء قاتلة ارتكبتها لكنّي لا أذكر معظمها (هذه مزية تفاعل الهروب الشهير الذي يجعلنا ننسى). الخطأ الأول الذي أذكره هو كم الرومانسية الفظيع الذي يدفع المرء لتركيبه على أية فتاة تصلح دون اقتناع حقيقي. الخطأ الثاني هو أنني انعزلت وقرأت أكثر من اللازم، بينما كان زملائي يمارسون الحياة ولا يقرؤون عنها. ربما كنت بحاجة إلى جرعة إنفلات أقوى، لكنّي كنت أشعر بأنني سأغير العالم ولم يكن عندي وقت لهراء الآخرين. اليوم أجد أنهم لم يكونوا بهذه الحماقة.”
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“There are some hundred billion (1011) galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars. In all the galaxies, there are perhaps as many planets as stars, 1011 x 1011 = 1022, ten billion trillion. In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet? Why should we, tucked away in some forgotten corner of the Cosmos, be so fortunate? To me, it seems far more likely that the universe is brimming over with life. But we humans do not yet know.”
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“So now you must choose... Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course. This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder…”
― Sophie’s World
― Sophie’s World
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