Nael Quotes

It takes both sides to build a bridge.

Apalah gunanya impian bila tidak diwujudkan?

Expectations ruin the pleasures of life. To overcome every bad and appreciate every good, consider every day your last and take no one for granted.

Dua kebaikan yang berbeda tidak mungkin berada pada satu intensitas yang sama. Sesederhana itu.

Gerisik angan dan deru lembut laju harapan. Waktu itu adalah menit-menit akhir menjelang malam di Bukit Angin. Daun-daun berwarna-warni dalam berbagai wujud melayang ke langit dan berkumpul mengelilingi puncak pusaran angin. Di sana, di balik awan, beradalah studio Sang Pelukis.

He is a truly free man, who does not need money to live.

Every tomorrow is every today's future. The tomorrow that you do not plan for, is your future being planned by others.

Humans have little plan to get anywhere beyond their short term benefits.

Of your life, you sleep one third, work one third, and worry one third. If you want to change your life, what third would you change?

Genuine, precious matter resist change; what does that say of human feelings?

You insist it will end like others had. From yourself, for me you fear. You forget that I am different. Please trust the luck that brought us here. I say, give it a try, give it a chance; change your mind and spread your wing. I am too dear, you explain. Flying with you is a risky fling. Chances you gave to nameless faces showed you life in black and white. The light I see when I see your face makes me certain that I am right. Never the same again. I took the oath to wait. You would come around, I promised. You just need time. Nothing is the same with that oath to wait. You would come around, now or later... never too late.

Here again, I follow a light Because I want to end that night Because I want to stop the hunger Because I want to be much stronger Because, all I ever dreamt to be Is living a life of boredom free I find my mind playing a game To seduce a divine cloud of same Ones that rain only on meadows Those who bare no signs of sorrows I sing and laugh, I dance and leap I tell her stories of a past too deep I study her well to know the way To make her happy, to make her stay But when she rains and I realize That she is not what she once was And that my land did not grow A plant of love that I don’t know I miss the sun, I miss the wind And there this cloud’s story ends No more dances, no more songs There I count all her wrongs “You have to leave,” I tell her why she has to leave to free my sky for other clouds, big and divine will never wait nor stand in line There again, I follow a light Because I want to end that night Because I want to stop the hunger Because I want to be much stronger Because, all I ever dreamt to be Is living a life of boredom free

The future remains an extension of the past. Cosmetic change makes times different, but people stay the same. We love, hate, dress more, dress less, kill, procreate, build and destroy. We often forget then get reminded of feelings we had forgotten; pessimists prefer the past experiences; optimists prefer the new ones. Whatever you feel about it, remember it will never last, so make the best out of it.

Segala hal yang dikatakan Komandan mengenai Orde adalah kebenaran yang tidak dilebih-lebihkan. Orde memang bersinonim dengan kebaikan. Orde menghargai kemajuan. Orde mencintai kehidupan. Orde bahkan mengajarkan pertobatan. Semua yang dijabarkan di dalam Kitab pada dasarnya akan berakhir pada kebahagiaan, pun setelah kematian. Akan tetapi Orde dan Kitab adalah takdir. Yang tidak dapat dibantah dan harus diterima semua orang dengan pasrah. Sama seperti penglihatanku, Orde tidak memberikan pilihan.

Never come late to a party you were supposed to host. Second chances are rare. If you miss them... cry.

All characters are defined by enduring traits, and every trait grows stronger with moments of consciousness. When we think no one else knows, we perpetuate that moment in us. A moment we turn away someone asking for help, or help someone needy never asking, When we decide to believe in a one, and when disappointment manifests in an idol. The moment hatred clouds our vision, and the moment we bury vengeance and carry on... moments shape us.

E, se ora aveva deciso di non fare niente, i suoi occhi erano la promessa certa della fine atroce che gli stava giurando.

We all regret things we'd done and things done to us. That's healthy. Regret means lesson learnt.

Like boiling eggs, some experiences change us in just ten minutes. Enduring them longer brings no additional value.

People, like nature, some dry and harsh, others lush and colorful. Live them or leave them, don't try to change them, you can't change nature.

Dua kebaikan yang berbeda tidak mungkin berada pada satu intensitas yang sama. Sesederhana itu.

How can you be a traditional woman in Cairo and so powerful at the same time?” Nael Eltoukhy(“Women of Karantina”)