Norah

“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.”
― Hermann Hesse

“قال: الليالي جرعتني علقما
قلت: ابتسم ولئن جرعت العلقما!

فلعل غيرك إن رآك مرنما
طرح الكآبة جانبا وترنما

أتراك تغنم بالتبرم درهما
أم أنت تخسر بالبشاشة مغنما؟!

يا صاح لا خطر على شفتيك أن
تتثلما والوجه أن يتحطما

فاضحك فإن الشهب تضحك والدجى
متلاطم ولذا نحب الأنجما”
― إيليا أبو ماضي

“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha