Peri

“Of what am I guilty," once exclaimed Antisthenes, "that I should be praised?”
― Diogenes Laërtius, Stoic Six Pack 5: The Cynics: An Introduction to Cynic Philosophy/The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus/Life of Antisthenes/The Symposium, Book 4/Life of Diogenes/Life of Crates

“Fires
Burn in my heart.
No smoke rises.
No one knows.”
― Kenneth Rexroth, Complete Poems

“in pieces
yet at peace
i am a building
in a post war city”
― Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon

“So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols of the heart.”
― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles