Afiur Rahman Fahim

“Dear Milena,
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

“অনেকদিন দেখা হবেনা,
তারপর একদিন হঠাৎ দেখা হবে,
দু'জনেই দু'জনকে বলবো.. অনেকদিন দেখা হয়নি!
এভাবেই কেটে যাবে দিনের পর দিন আর বছরের পর বছর,
তারপর একদিন হয়ত জানা যাবে কিংবা জানা যাবে না যে..
তোমার সাথে আমার অথবা আমার সাথে তোমার,
আর কখনোই দেখা হবেনা !!”
― Tarapada Roy

“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living