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Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Rumi( جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Said

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:40:18 +0000

“The ground submits to the sky and suffers whatever comes. Tell me, is the Earth worse for giving in like that ??”

Birth: 1207
Death: 17 December 1273

Allama Iqbal said that

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:34:58 +0000

The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to their hiding places, and in this pursuit it may finally end in denial or a frank admission of the incapacity of pure reason to reach the ultimate reality.

Born	November 9, 1877 Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died	April 21, 1938 (aged 60) Lahore, Punjab, British India

Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Rumi( جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Said

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:37:37 +0000

Load the ship and set out. No one knows for certain whether the vessel will sink or reach the harbor. Cautious people say, “I’ll do nothing until I can be sure”. Merchants know better. If you do nothing, you lose. Don’t be one of those merchants who wont risk the ocean.

Birth: 1207
Death: 17 December 1273

Abu Ali Sina ابوعلی سینا said

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:06:59 +0000

God is knowledge; he is knowing; and he is being known. Since God has knowledge of his own essence, and since God is one, it follows that the essence of God is knowledge. And knowledge means that he knows himself, and is known by himself.

- Ibn Sina, “al-Risalat al-Arshiya”

Birth: approximately 980 AD
Death:1037 AD

Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Rumi( جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Said

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:51:30 +0000

The outward form of things passes away, but the essence remains for ever. How long will you be besotted with the shape of the jug? Cast aside the jug, and seek the water. If you look too closely at the form, you miss the essence. If you are wise, you will always pick out the pearl from the shell.

- Rumi, “Masnavi”

Birth: 1207
Death: 17 December 1273

Allama Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبال said that

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:43:53 +0000

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

Born	November 9, 1877 Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died	April 21, 1938 (aged 60) Lahore, Punjab, British India

Mohandas Gandhi said

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:59:40 +0000

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Born	2 October 1869(1869-10-02) Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
Died	30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi, Union of India

Kahlil Gibran

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:51:53 +0000

But 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.

Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Rumi جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Said

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:36:23 +0000

“Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more – more unseen forms become manifest to him.”

Birth: 1207
Death: 17 December 1273

Abu Ali Sina ابوعلی سینا said

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:00:59 +0000

God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.

- Ibn Sina, “Kitab al-Najat”

Birth: approximately 980 AD
Death:1037 AD