Muataz

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

“Muslims are the first victims of Islam. Many times I have observed in my travels in the Orient, that fanaticism comes from a small number of dangerous men who maintain the others in the practice of religion by terror. To liberate the Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him.”
― Ernest Renan

“وإذا تتبعنا سيرة أبي بكر وعمر رضي الله عنهما مع الأمة، نجد أنهما مع كونهما مفطورين خير فطرة، ونائلين التربية النبوية لم تترك الأمة معهما المراقبة والمحاسبة ولم تعطهما طاعة عمياء.”
― عبد الرحمن الكواكبي, طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد

“The mind speaks louder than the voice.”
― Erin Forbes, Fire & Ice: The Lost Dreamer