Arsalan

“I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.”
― Anonymous

“Flowers spring to blossom where she walks
The careful ways of duty;
Our hard, stiff lines of life with her
Are flowing curves of beauty.
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― John Greenleaf Whittier

“I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding, they learn by some other way—by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!” —Richard Feynman”
― Seth Godin, Poke the Box

“It is as an Arab that he disguises himself for the train journey to the east. He has with him an Egyptian guide, a Turkish gunner and an Arabic interpreter. An Egyptian officer searches the train, with instructions to arrest the Turkish officers on board, and Kemal realises that the game is up. He therefore reveals his identity and harangues the officer. “This is a holy war,” he declaims, “it is a war of Muslim against infidel. It is not for you to stand in the way of God.” Rhetorically masterful, eloquent and persuasive, he cynically but brilliantly persuades the officer of what he himself cannot believe, and the following day all but the Turkish gunner are released.”
― Anonymous