Set you let life on fire Then seek those who fan your flames — Rumi Bring me the execution order so I too can see The names of all those who have deigned to send me to the gallows lao to qatl-nama mera main bhi dekh lun kis kis ki mohr hai sar-e-mahzar lagi hui — Faiz

The counsellor said to me, “What merit does Love have except sorrow ?” “Go away, wise master” said I, “Is there any better merit ?” — Hafiz

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle — Thomas Jefferson

We usually find oil in a new place with old ideas Sometimes, we find oil in an old place with a new idea, but we seldom find oil in an old place with an old idea Several times we have thought that we were running out of oil, when actually we were running out of ideas — P. D.

A serendipitous and awesome find. Inspired by Muhammad Iqbal’s poem “Two Planets,” Roger Waters “wrote lyrics to an epic piece” about being at sea, in every sense, yet glimpsing the potential for rescue and connection… openculture.com/2021/05/pink-f… openculture.com/2021/05/pink-f…

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people, on a level with dentists, that would be splendid — Keynes project-syndicate.org/commentary/wha…

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation — Mark Twain

People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My neighbor died yesterday of hunger, and in his condolences they slaughtered all the sheep — Ali Shariati

When a house is on fire and someone invites you to stop by and pray, you should know that it is the call of a traitor Focusing on anything other than putting out the fire is a form of manipulation Even if it seems like a holy act — Ali Shariati

Nothing taught by force stays in the soul — Plato *** sitam sikhlaega rasm-e-wafa aise nahin hota sanam dikhlaenge raah-e-khuda aise nahin hota Tyranny teaching us the fidelity of Love It cannot be so False idols leading us to the true God It can never be so — Faiz

Like a bridge over troubled water …

Those who speak Know nothing Those who Know Are silent Those Words, I’m told, Were uttered By Lao-tzu If we are to believe That he himself Was someone who Knew, Why did he end up Writing a Book Of Five Thousand Words ? — Bai Juyi

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts — (attributed to) Albert Einstein

Surely some army of our clan must be waiting On the other side of the ramparts of darkness The war songs of our flames will signal that we are here Well, they may not meet us But at least they can tell us How far off the dawn still remains — Faiz from Montgomery Jail (1954)

Orchestral maneuvers in the dark, on the avenues of Beijing (Dancing in the streets meets awara hoon)

It is not the length of life, but the depth — Ralph Waldo Emerson