Abir Achab

“All these philosophies(Stoicism,Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism)have a common failing.
They imagine life can be ordered by human reason.
Either the Mind can devise a way of life that is secure from loss ,or else it can control the emotions so that it can withstand any loss. In fact ,neither how we live nor the emotions we feel can be controlled in this way.
Our lives are shaped by chance and our emotions by the body.Much of human life -and much of philosophy - is an attempt to divert ourselves from this fact.”
― John N. Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

“Often times, a person will think they know you by piecing together tiny facts and arranging those pieces into a puzzle that makes sense to them. If we don't know ourselves very well, we'll mistakenly believe them, and drift toward where they tell us to swim, only to drown in our own confusion.
Here's the truth: it's important to take the necessary steps to find out who you are. Because you hold endless depths below the surface of a few facts and pieces and past decisions. You aren't only the ripples others can see. You are made of oceans.”
― Victoria Erickson

“I've come to the point where I never feel the need to stop and evaluate whether or not I am happy. I'm just 'being', and without question, by default, it works.”
― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

“الذين يضحكون بصوت مرتفع ..
ليسوا بالضرورة سعداء ..
يفعل التعيس ذلك أحيانًا ليتّقي شماتة الأعداء !
والأسوأ من أن تكون حزينًا ..
ألا يكون بمقدورك أن تبوح بذلك لأحد ..
أن يُفتّقك الصمت ..
ولا شيء يَرْتِقُك سوى الأيام ..
أن تبتسم لتنفي أي تهمة تشير بها أصابع الحزن إليك ..
أن تقرأ لتظل عيناك نحو الأسفل دون أن يبدو ذلك انكسارًا ..
أن تنام مبكرًا ..
لتنسحب دون دون أن يبدو ذلك انعزالًا ..
أن تتأخر على سجادة صلاتك ..
لتصمت طويلًا دون أن يبدو ذلك شرودًا ..
تترقب وجعًا ما ..
سيأتيك على شاكلة فاتورةٍ مؤجلة !”
― ندى ناصر, على متن حقيبة