

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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“In my relationships with persons I have found that it does not help, in the long run, to act as though I were something that I am not.”
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.”
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“إن كلاً من الدين والثورة يولدان في مخاض من الألم والمعاناة ويحتضران في الرخاء والرفاهية والترف. حياة الدين والثورة تدوم بدوام النضال والجهاد، حتى إذا تحققا، يبدأ الموت يتسرب إليهما. ففي مرحلة التحقق في الواقع العملي يُنتجان مؤسسات وأبنية، وهذه المؤسسات نفسها هي التي تقضي عليهما في نهاية الأمر. فالمؤسسات الرسمية لا هي ثورية ولا هي دينية.”
― الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب
― الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب
“I have come to realize that being trustworthy does not demand that I be rigidly consistent but that I be dependably real.”
― On Becoming a Person
― On Becoming a Person
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