“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” — Muhammad Ali

The governors of Yathreb They laid their maces down, They made the Meccan exile The ruler of their town; To him they came for judgment In each disputed cause; They offered him their tribute, They bade him frame their laws. They swore with manly fealty To serve him e'en to death, Confessing him their prophet With life's expiring breath. Their very lives they perilled, They laboured and they fought; For in good truth they deemed him By God divinely taught.

The prophet with one faithful friend In the dark cavern stood, A thousand foemen scouring round, All thirsting for his blood. "Alas, my master," spake the liege, "Our term of life is sped; I hear the murd'rous bands approach, Intent to strike us dead." "Be not distressed!" in accents firm, The Prophet's voice replied; "For God is mightier far than they, And God is on our side. "Will He we live, no mortal power Can take our lives away; Will He we die, to Him we pass; No need to feel dismay.

“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor E. Frankl

Einen zum Küssen und Augenzubinden, einen zum lustige–Streiche-erfinden. Einen zum Regenbogen-suchen-gehen und einen zum fest-auf-dem-Boden-stehn. Einen zum Brüllen, zum Leisesein einen, einen zum Lachen und einen zum Weinen. Auf jeden Fall einen, der dich mag, heute und morgen und jeden Tag. — Regina Schwarz

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” — Bob Marley

“An honest man is always a child.” — Socrates

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following was written shortly after my arrest... \/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/ by +++The Mentor+++ Written on January 8, 1986 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. They're all alike. But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?

“دَواؤُكَ فيكَ وَما تُبصِرُ وَدَاؤُكَ مِنكَ وَما تَشعُرُ أَتَزعُمُ أَنَّكَ جُرمٌ صَغير وَفيكَ اِنطَوى العالَمُ الأَكبَرُ فَأَنتَ الكِتابُ المُبينُ الَّذي بِأَحرُفِهِ يَظهَرُ المُضَمَرُ وَما حاجَةٌ لَكَ مِن خارِجٍ وَفِكرُكَ فيكَ وَما تُصدِرُ” Your sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it, and remedy id within you, but you not sense it. You presume you are a small entity, but within you is enfolded the entire Universe. You are indeed the evident book, by whose alphabet the hidden becomes manifest.

“من دعاء عمر بن الخطاب : اللهم لاتكثر لي من الدنيا فأطغى،ولا تقل لي منها فأنسى ،فإنه ما قل وكفى خير مما كثر وألهى” God do not supply me with excess in this life, so i do not tyrannize, and don't restrict me in it so I do not forget. What is little but enough is better than excess that leads astray. — عمر بن الخطاب, أقوال عمر بن الخطاب