Hafsa El Kamous

“Remember the flame, lad, and the void.” It was an odd thing Tam had taught him. Concentrate on a single flame and feed all your passions into it—fear, hate, anger—until your mind became empty. Become one with the void, Tam said, and you could do anything.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“It seems a peculiar fact that it is easier to concentrate on something that is not good for us, than on something that is beneficial. This tendency is overcome when we learn to concentrate consciously.”
― William W. Atkinson, The Power of Concentration

“المعرفة ما قطعتك عن غير اللَّه وردتك إلى اللَّه”
― أبو الحسن الشاذلي

“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
― LeVar Burton