“You need not, and in fact cannot, teach an acorn to grow into an oak tree, but when given a chance, its intrinsic potentialities will develop. Similarly, the human individual, given a chance, tends to develop…the unique alive forces of his real self; the clarity and depth of his own feelings, thoughts, wishes, interests; the ability to tap his own resources, the strength of his will power…All this will in time enable him to find his set of values and aims in life. In short, he will grow, substantially undiverted, toward self-realization.”
― Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization
― Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization
“ذلك المنظر يوحي لي بالأبدية... ويذكرني بأنني عابرة على نافذة دمشق كما عبر سواي في آلاف السنين.. أعي أنني صغيرة وهشة وحياتي ومضة في سماء "الشام"، وتصغر في عيني همومي وتتخذ حجمها الطبيعي. وبعدما أتوهم كسواي أن العالم كله يجثم على صدري وكتفي، أشعر أمام عظمة دمشق أن أفراحي وأتراحي حبة رمل على شاطئها الشاسع وتغمر الطمأنينة قلبي على الرغم من كل شيء.”
― يا دمشق وداعًا - فسيفساء التمرد
― يا دمشق وداعًا - فسيفساء التمرد
“الحياة فيلم قصير لكل منا فيه دوره الذي يؤديه ويرحل، وعلى المرء، حين تقع فوق رأسه مصيبة ما، أن يردد في سره: فيلم قصير...فيلم قصير... فيلم قصير...”
― النوم في حقل الكرز
― النوم في حقل الكرز
“Build the time in your schedule and your career for professional development. It makes you a stronger professional, leader, and resource.”
― HR on Purpose: Developing Deliberate People Passion
― HR on Purpose: Developing Deliberate People Passion
“It was like being part of a wave of water,” she says. “A wave of spray from the ocean feels powerful, but it is only there for a moment, the sun dries the puddles and the water is gone. Then you feel maybe it never happened. That is how it was with us. The only wave that changes anything is a tsunami. You have to tear down the houses and destroy the land if you want to be sure no one will forget you.”
― The Power
― The Power
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