“Anyone who's loved has more love to give.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“Amazing, I thought. I worked in the news business. I covered stories where people died. I interviewed grieving family members. I even attended the funerals. I never cried. Morrie, for the suffering of people half a world away, was weeping. Is this what comes at the end, I wondered? Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is Something else. So many of the people who came to visit me are unhappy.. Why?...
For one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it. They're more unhappy than me-even in my current condition. I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving caring souls. How many people can say that?”
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For one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it. They're more unhappy than me-even in my current condition. I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving caring souls. How many people can say that?”
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“الإنسان يتعرض في كل لحظة من لحظات حياته حتى موته لامتحان تلو الآخر، و تطرح كل لحظة على الإنسان موقفاً و تتطلب منه اختياراً بين بديلات، و هو في كل اختيار يكشف عن نوعية نفسه و عن مرتبته و منزلته دون أن يعلم، فشهوته على سبيل المثال تدعوه كي يشبعها. و قد تكون هناك شهوة أخرى إلى طعام أو إلى جاه، و إشباع هذه الشهوة أو تلك يستدعي تأجيل شهوة أخرى، و هكذا تكشف النفس عن منزلتها بما تفضله، و يقول لنا سلوكنا من نحن بين هؤلاء الشهوانيين؟ و أي نوع من الحيوانات نحن؟ فإذا رفضنا هذه الشهوات جميعها و استجبنا إلى نداء المنطق و الاعتدال، فإننا من أهل النظر و العقل و سندخل في إطار كلمة إنسان بكل أبعادها و نبتعد عن مصطلح الحيوان”
― الوجود والعدم
― الوجود والعدم
“Nobody bothered with him. His failures were private and invisible”
― My Name Is Memory
― My Name Is Memory
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