Shouq Kahel

“And why are you so firmly, so triumphantly, convinced that only the normal and the positive—in other words, only what is conducive to welfare—is for the advantage of man? Is not reason in error as regards advantage? Does not man, perhaps, love something besides well-being? Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as great a benefit to him as well-being? Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact.
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And yet I think man will never renounce real suffering, that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole origin of consciousness. Though I did lay it down at the beginning that consciousness is the greatest misfortune for man, yet I know man prizes it and would not give it up for any satisfaction. Consciousness, for instance, is infinitely superior to twice two makes four. Once you have mathematical certainty there is nothing left to do or to understand. There will be nothing left but to bottle up your five senses and plunge into contemplation.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes From Underground

“ليس في الفجيعة أقسى من الغياب ؛؛ و ليس في الغياب أوجع من رحيل من تحب ..”
― أيمن العتوم, ذائقة الموت

“لا تصاحب أحدًا إلا من ترى معه الزيادة في دينك، فإن نقص منه فاهرب منه كهروبك من الأسد بل أشد، فإن الأسد يهدم دنياك فيعطيك الدرجات، والقرينُ السوء يحرمك الدنيا والآخرة.”
― Ibn Arabi, مواقع النجوم ومطالع أهلة الأسرار والعلوم

“إننى أتلقى أكثر مما أعطى وهكذا فإننى سأحبك دائما أكثر مما تحبينى، لأن أسباب حبى لك أكثر: فأنت ملاك، وما أنا إلا إنسان.”
― أونوريه دي بلزاك, أوهام ضائعة - الشاعران