فاطمة الزهراء

“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didin't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we didn't have any delinquents. Without a prison, there can't be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white man arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.”
― John (Fire) Lame Deer

“حينما أعلن نيتشه موت الإله فإنه كان يُعلن – في واقع الأمر – موت الإنسان. فإذا مات الإله – على حد قول نيتشه – كان على الإنسان أن يعيش في عالم مادي طبيعي، شيء مصمت، ويتحول هو نفسه إلى كائن طبيعي مادي يقف "شيئاً" بين الأشياء، أي أنه هو الآخر يموت، وهذا ما عبرت عنه الآية الكريمة في قوله تعالى: (نسوا الله فأنساهم أنفسهم)”
― عبد الوهاب المسيري, رحلتي الفكرية: في البذور والجذور والثمر

“يا عبد.. شيءٌ كان, وشيءٌ يكون, وشيءٌ لا يكون.
فشيءٌ كان : حبي لك
وشيءٌ يكون : تراني
وشيءٌ لا يكون : لا تعرفني معرفة أبداً !”
― محمد بن عبد الجبار النفري

“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscrito encontrado em Accra