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As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body’s needs are few: it wants to be free from cold, to banish hunger and thirst with nourishment; if we long for anything more we are exerting ourselves to serve our vices, not our needs”

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular" Fyodor Dostoevsky

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it" - Epictetus

الوهم الذي تصنعه بعض المنشورات بات أمرًا مرعبًا، إذ تُظهر الحياة وكأنها يسيرة بلا عناء، وتزرع في النفوس نوعًا من التهاون والتوقعات الزائفة. فعندما ينشر الزوجان لحظاتهما السعيدة المتصنّعة، يتوهّم كثيرون أن الحياة الزوجية محضُ سعادةٍ وصفاء، بينما الواقع أبعد من تلك الصورة المثالية، فالحياة شراكة تقوم على التحمّل والتفاهم والصبر قبل أن تكون لحظات عابرة تُلتقط للعلن. أما ذلك التصور المثالي المطلق، فليس إلا من أوهام الطوباويين. ~أحمد درسن

Some days are for dreaming. Some days are for healing. And then some days are for making things happen. If there is a mountain in front of you and the baggage you carry is heavy, take it easy. Take it slow. One piece at a time. One step at a time. You will conquer it soon

كل سنه والجميع بخير ، عيد أضحى مُبارك

When you find geniuses in India worshipping cows, an atheist neurosurgeon who sees no perfection in God's creation, a university professor debating God's laws of inheritance, an Arabic writer objecting to the eloquence of the Quran, and a thinker who considers the Sunnah reactionary... And then you find a simple man rising in the bitter cold to pray Fajr, an elderly woman who is illiterate yet never misses her night prayers and voluntary fasts, and a frail old man rising on his cane, heading to the mosque to perform his prayers... Then know that the issue has never been about intellect or degrees, but rather about hearts. Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud, may God have mercy on him

Do not read as children do for amusement, or as the ambitious do for instruction. No, read to live. Gustave Flaubert

There is no difference.. Between killing a child and killing their childhood, both are crimes and both leave victims. However, the latter is not punishable by law, and this is what makes the killers innocent under false pretenses called education

The philosopher Kant said that two things always astonished and inspired him more and more: the starry sky and the consciousness of the law of kindness that a person recognizes in his soul

I hope you find people who add to your peace not anxiety, the people who give you hope not the doubts, the ones who celebrate your wins without feeling jealous. Such pure souls are very rare in this world. I hope you meet them and value the connections with such gems

What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it

Eye contact is a lost art