Quotes About Struggle

Saying of the Prophet Struggle The holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.

For every Pharoah there is a Moses.

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

Saying of the Prophet Oppression When oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.

I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about them. It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race. Face that one first.

No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.

All life is struggle, says the Sufi, but the struggle must be a coherent one. The average man is struggling against too many things all at once. If a confused and incomplete person makes money, or becomes a professional success, he still remains a confused and incomplete person.

El hombre y la mujer tienen una infinita capacidad para el autodesarrollo. E igualmente, una infinita capacidad para la autodestrucción.

To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.

La pereza es siempre culpa tuya. Es el signo de que un hombre ha perseverado inútilmente durante mucho tiempo.

El falso estudiante es aquel cuyos ojos están fijos en el cielo porque sus pies están hundidos en el barro.

El hombre y la mujer tienen una infinita capacidad para el autodesarrollo. E igualmente, tienen una infinita capacidad para la autodestrucción. Un ser humano puede estar clínicamente vivo y sin embargo, a pesar de todas las apariencias, hallarse espiritualmente muerto.

Si el vino es el enemigo de la religión, habré de devorar al enemigo de la religión.

Dicho del Profeta Opresión Cuando existe la opresión, incluso el pájaro muere en su nido

Detto del Profeta Oppressione Quando c'è l'oppressione, anche l'uccello muore nel suo nido.

Dicho del Profeta Lucha El guerrero santo es aquél que lucha consigo mismo.

The candle burned the moth: But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

For every Pharaoh there is a Moses.

To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yield any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it

Pensó que al menos tenían un plan. Aunque todo el mundo tenía uno. Hasta que le caía la primera hostia.

Había fracasado tantas veces que uno también se cansa de fracasar, así como uno se cansa de vencer y de estar sano y de llevar una vida normal.

Hay realidades que son infinitamente más difíciles de aceptar que la muerte.