"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."
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"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."
"من أوجب الواجبات على الدولة أن تترك العلماء أحراراً في حكمهم على الأمور، أن تشعرهم باستقلالهم، لأنهم قادة الفكر، كما أن على العلماء أن يتمسكوا بهذا الاستقلال. فاستقلال العلم والعلماء شرط لابد منه لحياة العلم والفضيلة على حد سواء. وإذا ضاع استقلال العلم ضاع العلم وضاعت الفضيلة، بل وضاعت الأمة. وقد بقيت أوروبا ألف عام في ظلمات العصور الوسطى، لأن أمورهم كانت في أيدي قوم لا يؤمنون بالحق، ولا يؤمنون باستقلال العلم، فاضطهدوا العلماء، وحاربوا حرية الفكر، واتغمسوا في الجهالة محتمين وراء الجدل اللفظي الأجوف، فعم الظلم والضلال."
"I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all."
"History is just a way of keeping score, but it doesn't have to be who we are."
"A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips; -- not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself."
"Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die."
"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."
"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."
"Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business."
"The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love."
"Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back."
"I met a boy whose eyes showed me that the past, present and future were all the same thing."
"Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start."
"Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define."
"To reiterate: not all things need to be finished, and free reading is a prime example of this. Writing – or the composition of words which are intended to be read – just like painting, sculpting, or composing music, is a form of art. Typically, not all art is able to resonate with each and every viewer – or, in this case, reader. If we walk through a museum and see a boring painting, or listen to an album we don’t enjoy, we won’t keep staring at said painting, nor will we listen to the album. So, if we don’t like a book, if we aren’t learning from it, dreaming about it, enjoying its descriptions, pondering its messages, or whatever else may be redeeming about a specific book, why would we waste our time to just finish it? Sure, we may add another book to the list of books read, but is more always better?"
"Learning the truth has become my life's love."
"How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self."
"We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs. If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come."
"Bring something incomprehensible into the world!"
"It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious."
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