محمود صابر

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”
― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

“الحرية هي الرغبة بأن نكون مسؤولين عن أنفسنا”
― نيتشه

“إن الصراع في الوطن العربي، وفي بلدان كثيرة أخرى، هو صراع من أجل السلطة والطرف الذي يتكلم، بل أقول الذي يحس ويشعر ويتألم من موقع المحكوم المضطهد المغلوب على أمره، يجب أن يبدأ من البداية، من المطالبة بحق «طلب الكلمة»، ذلك أن مأساتنا في الوطن العربي هي أننا لسنا فقط محرومين من الكلمة، بل وأيضا من حق طلب الكلمة، والحق الذي من دونه يفقد الإنسان هويته كإنسان”
― محمد عابد الجابري, الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان

“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business