“What Do sad people have in Common? It seems They have all built a shrine To the past And often go there And do a strange wail and Worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being So religious Like That.”
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“فبدا له أن العدد اثنين هو العدد المقدس. ليس العدد واحد بالمقدس كما يقولُ الفيثاغوريون ولكنّه الاثنان: الإنسان يفقدُ نفسه في الجماعة، ويغرقُ في الكآبة في الوحدة، ولكنه يجدها عند أليفه، فالتكاشف الصريح، والحب العميق، والألفة الممتزجة، وفرحة القلب بالقلب، والطمأنينة اللانهائية لذّات عميقة لا تحدث إلا بين اثنين.”
― خان الخليلي
― خان الخليلي
“Love often begins with an outpouring of naked truth, a passionate baring of the soul.”
― The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
― The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
“I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”
― The Divan
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”
― The Divan
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