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“( هل غلبتك الفاحشة ولم تستطع التخلص منها ؟ هل أنت مدمن على خطيئة ما ؟ دواؤك واحد : صلَِ !! تقول لي: إنني أصلي .. لا ، لا ! صلَِ ! فإنك لا تصلي حقاً )”
― فريد الأنصاري, الدين هو الصلاة: والسجود لله باب الفرج

“من يلم هذا البكاء ويهديه إلى أمي ,
لقد أرهقتها بالغياب ,
صارت في الشوارع محسورة الرأس
تبحث عن بكاءٍ تستر به الأرض .
أعطوها بكاء أسعفوها لكي تصبر علي ,
فإنني أمعن في التيه”
― قاسم حداد

“Her hair was sort of a non-color, not brown, not blonde, something in between. Likewise, her face was indistinguishable from a million others. Her eyes matched her hair; something between grey and brown, but neither. The definition of plain Jane. But there was something that almost screamed “nice” about her.”
― Bobby Underwood, Dark Corridor

“By the time the day to be released arrived, I was grateful that my father had passed on. If he had raised me on his own, it was almost certain that we were close, and that he loved me a great deal. For all I knew, I had been his whole world. How would it be to have a son who couldn't remember playing catch with you, who couldn't remember all the scrapes you'd got him out of as a kid, and who didn't love you anymore because he didn't know you? I was saddened he was dead, but glad I didn't have to hurt him.”
― Bobby Underwood, Dark Corridor

“They always inhabited the same house, went out together when they did go out, always sat in their respective corners in the family pew, and in their wildest dreams after the happiness of novelty never thought of Sir Cresswell Cresswell. In some respects — with regard, for instance, to the continued duration of their joint domesticity at the family mansion of Greshamsbury — they might have been taken for a pattern couple. But yet, as far as the doctor could see, they did not seem to add much to the happiness of each other. They loved each other, doubtless, and had either of them been in real danger, that danger would have made the other miserable; but yet it might well be a question whether either would not be more comfortable without the other.”
― Anthony Trollope, Complete Works of Anthony Trollope

“في قلب الرجل ألف باب يدخل منها كل يوم ألف شيء ولكن حين تدخل المرأة من أحدها لا ترضى إلا أن تغلقها كلها”
― مصطفى صادق الرافعي, السحاب الأحمر

“أريد الصمت كي أحيا، ولكن الذي ألقاه ينطقني..”
― أحمد مطر

“Every great achievement has a small beginning”
― Samarpan, Param

“WHY DO HUMAN BEINGS have cravings over and above their physical needs? It must be that God implanted these unnecessary cravings in us as a challenge. They give us an opportunity to exercise self-control, which is what enables us to rise to the highest spiritual levels. —RABBI ELIYAHU DESSLER (1892–1953)”
― Alan Morinis, Every Day, Holy Day: 365 Days of Teachings and Practices from the Jewish Tradition of Mussar

“You must have lost your senses!” cried the mother. “What has become of the goat?” “Oh — oh — oh! I was so unlucky. I sold it for a twisted bun!” The moment he uttered the words he realized what it was to sell the goat for a bun; he had not thought about it before. The mother said, — “What do you imagine the little goat thinks of you now, since you were willing to sell it for a twisted bun?” The boy reflected upon this himself, and felt perfectly sure that he never could know happiness more in this world — nor in heaven either, he thought, afterwards. He was so overwhelmed with sorrow that he promised himself that he would never do anything wrong again”
― Charles W. Eliot, Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction

“And on the roof was a little goat belonging to Oyvind; it was kept there that it might not wander away, and Oyvind bore leaves and grass up to it. One fine day the goat leaped down and was off to the cliff; it went straight up and soon stood where it had never been before. Oyvind did not see the goat when he came out in the afternoon, and thought at once of the fox.”
― Charles W. Eliot, Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction

“You are not distinguished by what you have, but by what you give.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“The best example of this is our own helpers, who have managed to pull us through so far and will hopefully bring us safely to shore, because otherwise they’ll find themselves sharing the fate of those they’re trying to protect. Never have they uttered a single word about the burden we must be, never have they complained that we’re too much trouble. They come upstairs every day and talk to the men about business and politics, to the women about food and wartime difficulties and to the children about books and newspapers. They put on their most cheerful expressions, bring flowers and gifts for birthdays and holidays and are always ready to do what they can. That’s something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Will this year, 1944, bring us victory? We don’t know yet. But where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. We’ll need to be brave to endure the many fears and hardships and the suffering yet to come.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that: "A quiet conscience mades one strong!”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Anne Frank is best known as the writer of her world-famous diary, though she tried her hand at other genres as well. Between September 1943 and May 1944, Anne wrote numerous stories, fairy tales, essays and personal reminiscences in a stiff-backed notebook reserved for that purpose. She did her utmost to make it resemble a real book, copying her stories neatly into the notebook and adding a title page, a table of contents, page numbers and so forth. Her collection of tales is now reproduced here in full, in a new translation, in the exact order in which she wrote them in her notebook.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition

“When I got older, I noticed that not all questions can be asked and that many whys can never be answered. As a result, I tried to work things out for myself by mulling over my own questions. And I came to the important discovery that questions which you either can't or shouldn't ask in public, or questions which you can't put into words, can easily be solved in your own head. So the word “why” not only taught me to ask, but also to think. And thinking has never hurt anyone. On the contrary, it does us all a world of good.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition

“Geoffrey told us that he had been to a psycho-analyst. As a patient? We felt awkward and impressed; perhaps he was a lunatic, or perhaps he suffered in some of the same ways as the people in the case histories at the back of the book. We looked at him speculatively but didn’t like to ask.”
― Elizabeth Eliot, Alice

“How odd that is! We all profess to believe when we’re told that this world should be used merely as a preparation for the next; and yet there is something so cold and comfortless in the theory that we do not relish the prospect even for our children.”
― Anthony Trollope, Complete Works of Anthony Trollope

“Do they sit altogether mostly all the morning?” “I fancy they do.” “I suppose there’s some way of dividing them. They tell me you know all about women. If you want to get one to yourself, how do you manage it?”
― Anthony Trollope, Complete Works of Anthony Trollope

“And so in truth she did. Miss Palliser had never analysed her own feelings and emotions about the Spooners whom she met in society; but she probably conceived that there were people in the world who, from certain accidents, were accustomed to sit at dinner with her, but who were no more fitted for her intimacy than were the servants who waited upon her. Such people were to her little more than the tables and chairs with which she was brought in contact. They were persons with whom it seemed to her to be impossible that she should have anything in common, — who were her inferiors, as completely as were the menials around her.”
― Anthony Trollope, Complete Works of Anthony Trollope

“حلمي أن أخرج من الحياة بنفس النقاء الذي جئت به إليها”
― سلمان العودة, لو كنت طيرًا

“وإنما يظهر الإنسان على حقيقته إذا حُرم ما يُحب ، وإذا حُمّل ما يكره فهنا تتفاضل النفوس فهناك نفس تحمد وتشكر ولا تعترض وتفوض الأمر إلى الله وهناك نفس تعاتب ربها وتحتج .. وهناك نفس تسب الملة والدين وتتشاجر مع الله ومع الناس .. وهناك نفس تتعجل فتسرق وتقتل وتعتدي لتصلح حالها وتنهي حرمانها ..
وهكذا تتفاضل النفوس وتظهر الحقائق ، ومن أجل هذا خلق الله الدنيا وانزلنا الله هذا المنزل في أسفل سافلين لتظهر حقائقنا .”
― مصطفى محمود, الروح والجسد

“كم من ليلة أحييتَها بتكرار العلم ومطالعة الكتب، وحرَّمت على نفسك النوم؛ لا أعلم ما كان الباعث فيه؟ إن كانت نِيتكَ نيل عرَض الدنيا، وجذب حطامها، وتحصيل مناصبها، والمباهاة على الأقران والأمثال، فويلٌ لك ثم ويلٌ لك! وإن كان قصدك فيه إحياء شريعة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وتهذيب أخلاقك، وكسر النَّفس الأمَّارة بالسوء، فطوبى لك ثم طوبى لك.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, ‫رسائل في الحكمة ‬

“لكن دعني أخبرك بشيء مهم ,لا تقض حياتك بإنتظار أن تنتهي الفترة كذا و الفترة كذا ..
أن تنتهي فترة الدراسة .. أن تنتهي فترة التجنيد الإجباري .. أن تنتهي فترة انتدابك في كينيا .. إلخ
لسوف تجد أن حياتك صارت مجموعة من الفترات يجب أن تنتهي و هوب! تكتشف أنك بلغت نهاية العمر ولما تنعم بحياتك يوما واحدا ..
يجب أن تستمتع بكل فترة كأنها هي الصورة الوحيدة النهائية لحياتك ..”
― أحمد خالد توفيق