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"وإذا ركبك الملحد أيها البحر فرجفت من تحته وهدرت عليه وثرت به وأريته رأي العين كأنه بين سماءين ستنطبق إحداهما على الأخرى فتقفلان عليه - تركته يتطأطأ ويتواضع، كأنك تهزه وتهز أفكاره معا، وتدحرجه وتدحرجها . وأطرت كل ما في عقله فيلجأ إلى الله بعقل طفل .
وكشفت له عن الحقيقة : أن نسيان الله ليس عمل العقل، ولكنه عمل الغفلة والأمن وطول السلامة ." — Nov 09, 2021 08:52AM
"وإذا ركبك الملحد أيها البحر فرجفت من تحته وهدرت عليه وثرت به وأريته رأي العين كأنه بين سماءين ستنطبق إحداهما على الأخرى فتقفلان عليه - تركته يتطأطأ ويتواضع، كأنك تهزه وتهز أفكاره معا، وتدحرجه وتدحرجها . وأطرت كل ما في عقله فيلجأ إلى الله بعقل طفل .
وكشفت له عن الحقيقة : أن نسيان الله ليس عمل العقل، ولكنه عمل الغفلة والأمن وطول السلامة ." — Nov 09, 2021 08:52AM
I paced back and forth, losing steps, in an attempt to appear at least somewhat purposeful. If you have a purpose, I find, people are far more likely to ignore you.
“We only expand at the rate we’re capable of handling at any given point, individually or collectively.”
― Dying to Be Me
― Dying to Be Me
“But all these systems of ‘education’ lack provisions for freedom of experiment, for training and for expression of creative abilities by those who are to be taught. In this respect also all our pedagogues are behind the times.”
― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
“in certain societies there is a systematic underestimate of one's own creativity”
― Development Projects Observed
― Development Projects Observed
“In real-life situations, however, risks frequently increase without any corresponding increase in the payoff:”
― Development Projects Observed
― Development Projects Observed
“we are now so prone to confuse great building projects with great social achievements. We will have to admit that it is beyond the scope of anyone’s imagination to create a community. We must learn to cherish the communities we have, they are hard to come by.”
― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
― Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
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