

“المصريون هكذا يصبرون طويلا ثم ينفجرون فى فورة حماس سرعان ماتنطفئ ,، ويعود كل شئ إلى ماكان عليه ,, إنهم يبدأون ثوارا على كل ظلم ، ثم ينصرفون إلى الإهتمام بمصالحهم الخاصة.”
― وردة
― وردة

“وفرح الناس كعادتهم بالقادمين ،وظنوا فيهم الخير”
― العمامة والقبعة
― العمامة والقبعة

“And what do you wish?' he said at last.
'That what should be shall be,' she answered.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
'That what should be shall be,' she answered.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring

“You might imagine an uncharitable extraterrestrial observer looking down on our species... - with us excitedly chattering, "The Universe is created for us! We're at the center! Everything pays homage to us!" - and concluding that our pretensions are amusing, our aspirations pathetic, that this must be the planet of the idiots.”
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“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.”
― Existentialism is a Humanism
― Existentialism is a Humanism
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