“سرى الشك وسوء الظن فى البيوت العريقة فى الدين والعلم بتأثير المحيط وبتأثير التعاليم الأفرنجية, وضعفت الثقة بالله وبصفاته وبمواعيده, فأصبح الأبآء يضنون بأولادهم على الدين, ولا يخاطرون بأوقاتهم وقواهم فى سبيل الدين وعلوم الدين, وأصبحوا يعلمونهم العلوم المعيشية واللغات الأفرنجية, لا رغبة فى تحصيل المفيد النافع ولا دفاعا عن الأسلام, بل زهدا فى الدين وفرارا من خطر المستقبل, وخوفا على أفلاذ أكبادهم من الضياع, وأستسلاما للدهر المتقلب, وتسلط عليهم خوف الفقر حتى أصبحوا من خوف الموت فى الموت”
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“I have nothing but contempt for the people who despise money. They are hypocrites or fools. Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. Without an adequate income half the possibilities of life are shut off. The only thing to be careful about is that you do not pay more than a shilling for the shilling you earn. You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“قال مُعاذ بن سَهْل: الحبُّ أصعبُ ما ركب، وأسْكر، ما شُرب، وأَفْظع ما لُقِي، وأحْلَى ما اشتُهي، وأَوْجع ما بَطَن، وأشهى ما عَلَن”
― العقد الفريد - الجزء الثاني
― العقد الفريد - الجزء الثاني
“Thank god I'm free from all that now", he thought. And yet even as he said it he was not quit sure whether he spoke sincerely. When he was under the influence of passion he had felt a singualr vigour, and his mind has worked with unwonted force. He was more alive, there was an excitement of sheer being, an eager vehemence of soul, which made life now a little dull.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
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