naz
https://www.goodreads.com/nazmottaghian
Sometimes these primes are unintended; sometimes there is an agent on the other end who plotted against your judgment. Of course, you can choose to become an agent yourself. You can prime potential employers with what you wear to a job
...more
“WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, Papa used to tell me that words fly on wild winds from the mouths of sly people. When the winds pick up, he said, sand blows into your ears and bites your eyes. Storms build overhead like a lake with a spout, but you can’t see or hear. Only when you are safely sheltered, Papa said, can you tell which way the wind is blowing. Only from the calm, he said, can you see how to protect yourself from trouble.”
―
―
“There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.”
― Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
― Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
“If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you forgot about me forever.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
“تا هستم ای رفیق ندانی که کیستم
روزی سراغ وقت من آیی که نیستم
در آستان مرگ که زندان زندگی است
تهمت به خویشتن نتوان زد که زیستم
پیداست ازگلاب سرشکم که من چو گل
یک روز خنده کردم و عمری گریستم
خود مدعی که نمره انصاف اوست صفر
در امتحان صبر دهد نمره بیستم
گر آسمان وظیفه شاعر نمیدهد
گو نام هم به خفیه بلیسد زلیستم
سرباز مفت اینهمه در جا نمی زند
سرهنگ گو ببخش به فرمان ایستم
گوهر شناس نیست در این شهر، شهریار
من در صف خزف چه بگویم که چیستم”
― دیوان شهریار
روزی سراغ وقت من آیی که نیستم
در آستان مرگ که زندان زندگی است
تهمت به خویشتن نتوان زد که زیستم
پیداست ازگلاب سرشکم که من چو گل
یک روز خنده کردم و عمری گریستم
خود مدعی که نمره انصاف اوست صفر
در امتحان صبر دهد نمره بیستم
گر آسمان وظیفه شاعر نمیدهد
گو نام هم به خفیه بلیسد زلیستم
سرباز مفت اینهمه در جا نمی زند
سرهنگ گو ببخش به فرمان ایستم
گوهر شناس نیست در این شهر، شهریار
من در صف خزف چه بگویم که چیستم”
― دیوان شهریار
“Equanimity is neither apathy nor indifference: you are warmly engaged with the world but not troubled by it. Through its nonreactivity, it creates a great space for compassion, loving-kindness, and joy at the good fortune of others.”
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
A Good Thriller
— 22511 members
— last activity 2 hours, 16 min ago
We share a passion for action-packed, gripping, exciting, tense thrillers and mysteries, a genre rich with talented authors. We invite you to share yo ...more
naz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at naz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by naz
Lists liked by naz






![Strength Training Anatomy [with DVD] by Frédéric Delavier Strength Training Anatomy [with DVD] by Frédéric Delavier](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389729203l/20549480._SX50_.jpg)


































