El hussam

“Only those are happy who never think or, rather, who only think about life's bare necessities, and to think about such things means not to think at all. True thinking resembles a demon who muddies the spring of life or a sickness which corrupts its roots. To think all the time, to raise questions, to doubt your own destiny, to feel the weariness of living, to be worn out to the point of exhaustion by thoughts and life, to leave behind you, as symbols of your life's drama, a trail of smoke and blood - all this means you are so unhappy that reflection and thinking appear as a curse causing a violent revulsion in you.”
― Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

“Shouldn’t children be taught critical, sceptical thinking from an early age? Shouldn’t we all be taught to doubt, to weigh up plausibility, to demand evidence?”
― Richard Dawkins, Childhood, Boyhood, Truth: From an African Youth to the Selfish Gene

“الفكر الذي يتحرّر من كلّ تحيّز، هو فكرٌ يتفكك محاكياً تناثُرَ الأشياء التي يريد الإمساك بخا ومحاكياً عدمَ انسجامها. بأفكار سائلة نحن نتمدد على الواقع ونعانقه دون أن نفسّره. وهكذا ندفع غالياً ثمن النظام الذي لم نرغب فيه.”
― إميل سيوران, المياه كلها بلون الغرق

“رؤيتى للمستقبل، هى من الدقة بحيث لو كان لى أطفال لخنقتهم على الفور.”
― Emil Cioran, المياه كلها بلون الغرق