Yahia Lababidi @ysl - Bluesky Profile

“To be ignorant of what happened before your birth is to always remain a child.”

— Cicero (106 - 43 BCE)

[Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum]

05.02.2026 02:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hard to read the #news
with a hand on one's heart,
the other holding their nose...

05.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mind is the handrail
we clutch in the dark,
for fear of falling.

Yet it's this that trips us—
where the stairs diverge.

youtu.be/kvuBWN_OUnQ?... #writingcommunity #poetry

05.02.2026 00:37 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Keep the one who reproves you close; do not let him go.
He cleanses you without soap or water.” — Kabir

05.02.2026 00:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

— Walter Bagehot, journalist and businessman
(3 Feb 1826-1877)

05.02.2026 00:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“One who points out my faults is my teacher;
one who praises my good points is my friend.”

— Xunzi

05.02.2026 00:19 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

'The world is a mixture of sugar and sand.
Be like the ant and take only the sugar.'

— Ramakrishna

05.02.2026 00:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Magritte's #Art of Conversation

28.12.2025 18:34 — 👍 1481 🔁 165 💬 17 📌 8

The Guest House, by Rumi - Read by Yahia Lababidi The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome an

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing

and invite them in.

#Rumi

on.soundcloud.com/UM5W7PpBhTnK... #SoundCloud

04.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Formula for Human Greatness:

#Nietzsche

04.02.2026 20:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by YAHIA LABABIDI Your Defeats Are Rich Gifts: André Bjerke 🎁 #shorts #poetry #motivation #motivational #spirituality

Amor Fati

You should arm yourself,
not like a Caesar with a raised sword
against the world, but with the words:
Amor Fati - love your fate...

Your defeats are rich
gifts placed in your hands.

youtube.com/shorts/82ZAz... #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #Video

04.02.2026 20:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#Art by Elena Ray

04.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Art by Elena Ray

elenaray.photoshelter.com/archive

04.02.2026 19:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'He who has not read any books, and he who has read many books and has become humble — both are fit for self-knowledge.'

— Sri Ramakrishna

#Art by Elena Ray

04.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Can a doll made of salt measure the depth of the ocean?"

— Sri Ramakrishna

( #Art by Elena Ray)

04.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

‘Be like the night to cover others’ faults.
Be like running water for generosity...
Be like the Earth for modesty.
Appear as you are.’

#Rumi

( #Photograph Hasan Açan)

04.02.2026 16:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love & Beauty persist …
amid the ruins.

03.02.2026 17:48 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Can a nation founded
on a crime
ever atone
and become good?

03.02.2026 11:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Sad to say, but thinking of USA & Israel..

04.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Resistance is fertile. —Ruha Benjamin

15.11.2025 12:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Word of Mouth - Aphorisms: Sayings to Live By - BBC Sounds Michael Rosen talks to James Geary about aphorisms, AKA literature's hand luggage

Aphorisms: Sayings to Live By ✨

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in conversation with @gearyjames.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #quotes #poetry #writing

04.02.2026 04:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0