Mohamed Samir > Mohamed's Quotes

“كان حرا كجنح فراشه وعندما هبط إلى الكره تلاشى”
― مِنه على

“قبل أن أطلع على مفهوم «ما بعد العلمانية» الذى كرّسه الفيلسوف الألمانى بورجن هابرماس منذ سنوات قليلة ورفض فيه فرضية أن التحديث يتلازم مع العلمانية ويقود بالتالى إلى تهميش دور الدين، وأنا مشغول بقضية «الإيمان» حتى وأنا يسارى، وترسخت القضية عندى مع غوصى فى بحار الثقافة العلمية، فكانت عجائب الخلق وبصمة خلقتها المتكررة تلفت انتباهى فى كل الموجودات والوجودات بشكل مبهر، وكأنها أكوان داخل أكوان تنطق بوحدانية الخالق. ورأيت أن مجرد التأمل فى هذا الطيف الهائل بما يكتنفه من معجزات ومدهشات وعجائب، كفيل بطرح حتمية الإيمان لا كإشراق فقط، ولكن كملاذ من مخاوف العدمية والضياع والعبث التى تضغط على الإنسان المعاصر.”
― محمد المخزنجي

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

“Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts”
― Jose Saramago

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Love is like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You’re not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes, and forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he’s not there, you feel like an addict who can’t get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you’re willing to do anything for love.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Ogden Nash, Collected Verse from 1929 On

“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.”
― Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
― Romain Rolland, Jean-Christophe, Vol. 1

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

“My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
― Judy Blume

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables