Normally I am at a loss of words so on that note here are some from others.

"I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books , music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness. And then, on top of all that, you for a mate, and children, perhaps - what more can the heart of a man desire?”

- Leo Tolstoy

"Reír mucho y a menudo; ganarse el respeto de las personas inteligentes y el aprecio de los niños; merecer el elogio de los críticos sinceros y mostrarse tolerante con las traiciones de los falsos amigos; saber apreciar la belleza y hallar lo mejor en el prójimo; dejar un mundo algo mejor, bien sea por medio de un hijo sano, de un rincón de jardín o de una condición social redimida; saber que al menos una vida ha alentado más libremente gracias a la nuestra; eso es haber triunfado.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

Khalil Gibran

If I am not for myself, who is for me?
When I am for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?

Pirkei Avot 1:14

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

James Baldwin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Nouns

Interests

• books
• tattoos
• tango
• cooking
• breakfast
• wine
• running
• politics
• minimalism
• sudoku
• classical music
• international relations
• languages
• religion
• social work
• sociology
• resilience
• plants
• desert
• fútbol
• nutrition
• mental health
• reflexology
• nietzsche
• psychoanalysis
• migration
• random acts of kindness
• stoicism
• fernweh
• silliness
• oatmeal

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Carlos Gardel
Büyük Ev Ablukada
The Blaze
Pink Floyd
Tash Sultana
Kanye West
Erkin Koray
Chet Faker
Queen
Oum and Bu Kalthoum
Silvio Rodrigruez
Chopin
Liszt
Dakha Brakha
Nina Simone
Charles Aznavour
Buena Vista Social Club
A Tribe Called Quest
Etta James
Sofiane Pamart
Taxi Kebab
Zhu
Mashrou'a Leila
Mercedes Sosa
Radiohead
Travis Scott

Books: The Alchemist, Le Petit Prince, The Bell Jar, Shantaram, Calvin and Hobbes, The Divine Comedy, Catcher and The Rye, A Strangeness In My Mind, 12 Rules For Life, Siddartha, 1984, Brave New World, The Stranger, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Time Machine, What İ Talk About When İ Talk About Running

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Tunisia, Turkey, United States