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Abdullah Alfa'adel
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“وقد زعموا أن المحب إذا دنا, يَملُّ وَأنَّ النَّأْيَ يَشْفِي مِنَ الْوَجْدِ
بَكُلٍّ تدَاوَيْنَا فلمْ يُشْفَ ما بِنَا, على أنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ
على أَنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ ليسَ بِنافِعٍ, إذا كان مَنْ تَهْواهُ ليس بِذي وُدِّ!”
― ديوان قيس بن الملوح: مجنون ليلى
بَكُلٍّ تدَاوَيْنَا فلمْ يُشْفَ ما بِنَا, على أنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ
على أَنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ ليسَ بِنافِعٍ, إذا كان مَنْ تَهْواهُ ليس بِذي وُدِّ!”
― ديوان قيس بن الملوح: مجنون ليلى
“Demography, not democracy, will be the most critical factor for security and growth in the 21st century”
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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
Water is the driving force of all nature.”
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When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
Water is the driving force of all nature.”
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“While I used to get angry and frustrated at people because of the choices they made, I came to realize that they weren’t intentionally acting in a way that seemed counterproductive; they were just living out things as they saw them, based on how their brains worked.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
“Replace these habits with time spent working out, learning to make and enjoy healthy and delicious meals, hanging out with close friends and family, working on your goals, developing quality new connections, volunteering, and finding mentors.”
― Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money, and the American Dream
― Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money, and the American Dream
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