“The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me… and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different… and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it…”
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“ثقى إنك موهوبة وأن الله قد خصك بشىء وأنك لم تخلقى لتشبهى الملايين من أمثالك وإنما أنت جئت إلى الدنيا فى بعثه مقدسة لتكتشفى جوهرتك وتصقلينها وليثق كل واحد أن تحت مظهره العادى بذرة فى مكان مابذره فى مكان ما بذرة عبقرية عليه أن يبحث عنها ويكتشفها وسوف يكون كل شىء بع ذلك ممكناً”
― يوميات نص الليل
― يوميات نص الليل
“I don't think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in the middle of that vast continent, with apparently everything your heart could wish for just because you were born there, then why worry? [...] If people lose knowledge, sympathy and understanding of the natural world, they're going to mistreat it and will not ask their politicians to care for it.”
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“الفنان يطلب الجمال..والمفكر يطلب الحقيقة..والثائر السياسي يطلب العدالة..والصوفي العارف يطلب الله ..
وهم قد اختلفوا في الظاهر ولكنهم ما اختلفوا في الحقيقة ..
فإن الحق العدل البديع الجميل كلها من أسماء الله”
― أناشيد الإثم والبراءة
وهم قد اختلفوا في الظاهر ولكنهم ما اختلفوا في الحقيقة ..
فإن الحق العدل البديع الجميل كلها من أسماء الله”
― أناشيد الإثم والبراءة
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