M. Kirollos
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""A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."" — May 29, 2026 08:36AM
""A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."" — May 29, 2026 08:36AM
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"‘We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire an adequate knowledge of the superficial and futile nature of their views. of the paltriness of their sentiments, of the perversity of their opinions, and of the number of their errors…,’ argued Schopenhauer, a leading model of philosophical misanthropy." — Sep 06, 2024 05:22AM
"‘We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire an adequate knowledge of the superficial and futile nature of their views. of the paltriness of their sentiments, of the perversity of their opinions, and of the number of their errors…,’ argued Schopenhauer, a leading model of philosophical misanthropy." — Sep 06, 2024 05:22AM
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""La historia del fútbol es un triste viaje del placer al deber".
"The history of football is a sad journey from pleasure to duty"." — Mar 10, 2019 01:20PM
""La historia del fútbol es un triste viaje del placer al deber".
"The history of football is a sad journey from pleasure to duty"." — Mar 10, 2019 01:20PM
“على تلك الصخور الملعونة: الحقائق. الإمكانيات والظروف، أرى كائناتى الأثيرة الوردية تتحطم فى صمت، دون دماء أو صراخ أو مآسى .. تتحطم فى صمت كأنها لم تكن.
أشاهد تحطمها: صاغرا، بليدا، متخلفا. غير قادر حتى على تحطيم سور بيتى أو تخطى حدود مدينتى.”
― وقفة قبل المنحدر: من أوراق مثقف مصري
أشاهد تحطمها: صاغرا، بليدا، متخلفا. غير قادر حتى على تحطيم سور بيتى أو تخطى حدود مدينتى.”
― وقفة قبل المنحدر: من أوراق مثقف مصري
“Old bureaucrat, my companion here present, no man ever opened an escape route for you, and you are not to blame. You built peace for yourself by blocking up every chink of light, as termites do. You rolled yourself into your ball of bourgeois security, your routines, the stifling rituals of your provincial existence, you built your humble rampart against winds and tides and stars. You have no wish to ponder great questions, you had enough trouble suppressing awareness of your human condition. You do not dwell on a wandering planet, you ask yourself no unanswerable questions”
― Wind, Sand and Stars
― Wind, Sand and Stars
“It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met.”
― A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
― A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
“البشر ينسى والأمم تنسى.
الإنسان المتحضر هو من يبقى تاريخه حياً .. الأمم المتحضرة هى التى لا تدفن تاريخها ولا تكرر مآسيها. يقول كاتب كوبى يصف حال شعبه كواحد من شعوب العالم الثالث: “نحن لا نعرف المدنية لأن التمدن هو القدرة على ربط الأشياء بعضها ببعض، دون إهمال شىء أو نسيان شىء، إننا ننسى الماضى بسهولة وننغمس كثيرا فى الحاضر”
― وقفة قبل المنحدر: من أوراق مثقف مصري
الإنسان المتحضر هو من يبقى تاريخه حياً .. الأمم المتحضرة هى التى لا تدفن تاريخها ولا تكرر مآسيها. يقول كاتب كوبى يصف حال شعبه كواحد من شعوب العالم الثالث: “نحن لا نعرف المدنية لأن التمدن هو القدرة على ربط الأشياء بعضها ببعض، دون إهمال شىء أو نسيان شىء، إننا ننسى الماضى بسهولة وننغمس كثيرا فى الحاضر”
― وقفة قبل المنحدر: من أوراق مثقف مصري
“My message to you is this: pretend that you have free will. It's essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don't. The reality isn't important: what's important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.”
― Exhalation
― Exhalation
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