Earth: the things that are solid, absorbed and still. Water: the things that are fluid, changing and unpredictable. Wind: the things that shift, evol… - Elif Şafak

‫الفساد الأخلاقي لا يختلف كثيرا عن الإصابة بمرض فظيع يأتي فجأة وينتشر بسرعة، فيصيب الأغنياء والفقراء، الصغار والكبار على حد سواء. وهذا هو حال مدينتنا اليوم.‬

But if you are going to claim, as humans do, to be superior to all life forms, past and present, then you must gain an understanding of the oldest living organisms on earth who were here long before you arrived and will still be here after you have gone.

«God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being is a work in progress that is slowly but inexorably moving toward perfection. We are each an unfinished work of art both waiting and striving to be completed. God deals with each of us separately because humanity is a fine art of skilled penmanship where every single dot is equally important for the entire picture.