“Perhaps that is where our choice lies -- in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.”
― Burning
― Burning
“In the oddity or maybe the miracle of life, the roots of something new frequently lie in the decaying husks of something old.”
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“الصيام الحقيقي .. ليس تبطلا ً .. و لا نوماً بطول النهار و سهر أمام التليفزيون بطول الليل.. و ليس قياما متكاسلا في الصباح إلى العمل.. وليس نرفزة وضيق صدر وتوتر مع الناس.. فالله في غنى عن مثل هذا الصيام،
إنما الصائم يفرغ نفسه للذكر
و يخلو للصلاة و قيام الليل و تلاوة القرآن و تدبر معانيه
و ليس للرقص و ترديد الأغاني المكشوفة.”
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إنما الصائم يفرغ نفسه للذكر
و يخلو للصلاة و قيام الليل و تلاوة القرآن و تدبر معانيه
و ليس للرقص و ترديد الأغاني المكشوفة.”
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“In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.”
― Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
― Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
“But every day we meet someone whose behavior suddenly changes from one moment to the next. And we wonder: what happened to this person I thought I knew? Why is he acting so aggressively? Is it stress at work?
And then the next day the person is normal again. You're relieved, but soon after the rug is pulled out from under you when you least expect it. And this time, instead of asking what's wrong with this person, you wonder what you did wrong.”
― Adultery
And then the next day the person is normal again. You're relieved, but soon after the rug is pulled out from under you when you least expect it. And this time, instead of asking what's wrong with this person, you wonder what you did wrong.”
― Adultery
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