As a child I was always taking things apart. My idea was that I was 'fixing' things, but I guess I was breaking them really.
. . . one should know the value of Life better than to pout any part of it away.
It is never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest.
Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and honest fondness one loves people.
Friendship is far more delicate than love.
Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.
A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
Believe me, if a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.
The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental.