Azur smiled as if he were expecting these answers and said, 'The Malady of Certainty.' Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of I… - Elif Şafak

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Azur smiled as if he were expecting these answers and said, 'The Malady of Certainty.'

Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of Icarus. Where one shone forcefully, the other couldn't survive. With certainty came arrogance; with arrogance, blindness; with blindness, darkness; and with darkness, more certainty. This he called, the converse nature of convictions.

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About Elif Şafak

Elif Shafak (born October 25, 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women's rights activist.

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Alternative Names: Elif Shafak Elif Bilgin Shafaq
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يجب ألا يحول شيء بين نفسك وبين الله ، لا أئمة، ولا قساوسة ولا أحبار ولا أي وصي آخر على الزعامة الأخلاقية أو الدينية، ولا السادة الروحيون، ولا حتى إيمانك. آمن بقيمك ومبادئك، لكن لا تفرضها على الآخرين، وإذا كنت تحطم قلوب الآخرين فمهما كانت العقيدة الدينية التي تعتنقها، فهي ليست جيّدة ابتعد عن عبادة الأصنام بجميع أنواعها، لأنها تشوه رؤيتك، ليكن الله، والله وحده دليلك.

تعلم الحقيقة يا صديقي، لكن احرص على ألا تصنع من الحقائق التي تتكون لديك أوثانا !

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