Ehab

“Equally important, anyone stupid enough to contemplate invading America would soon reflect on the fact that it contains hundreds of millions of guns, which are available to a population that takes its life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness very seriously.”
― Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

“• الفقير إذا غمز لامرأة في الطريق أقاموا الدنيا عليه وأقعدوها، أما إذا اشترى الغني مئات الجواري واشبعهنّ غمزاً ولمزاً كان ذلك عليه حلالاً طيباً. وإذا خرج طاغية عن تعاليم الدين قالوا عنه إنه مجتهد، ومن أخطأ في اجتهاده فله حسنة. أما إذا جاء الفقير برأي جديد قالوا عنه : إنه زنديق. وأمروا بصلبه على جذوع النخل. ص 53”
― علي الوردي, وعاظ السلاطين

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
― Charles Darwin

“Analysts often write about the need for certain cultures not to lose face, or ever be seen to back down, but this is not just a problem in the Arab or East Asian cultures—it is a human problem expressed in different ways.”
― Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World