Zehen

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and sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we hope.

[philosophybits]

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

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[neo-somaliana]

“Humanity is asleep, concerned only with what is useless, living in a wrong world.”

– Hakim Sanai, The Sufis

[gazanarchive]

Don't forget Gaza people!

Source: Sofiasamarah Instagram.

[dreamcore-md]

[quotessentially]

From Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations

[gatewaytojannah]

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Har rishtey mei milawat dekhi, kachey rango ki sajawat dekhi,

Saalo saal se dekha hai abba ko, naa unke chehre par thakawat dekhi, naa mohabbat mei milawat dekhi…

[qalma-e-azadi]

aayi ho to koyi dam to baitho, aye qibla ye izteraab kya hai? {Sheikh Ghulam Ali Hamadani Mus’hafi}

maali teri bahaar ke jaadu ko kya kahoon? {Jan-e-Janan}

piya baaj pyaala piya jaaye na, piya baaj yek til jeeya jaaye na. [deccani-urdu dialect] {Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah}

aashiqaan koon shaheed kar ke sanam, kaaf hinaayi na kar Khuda soon dar. [deccani-urdu dialect] {Vali Deccani}

gul ko jo gul kahoon to tere roo ko kya kahoon? dar ko jo dar kahoon to us aansoon ko kya kahoon? {Jan-e-Janan}

extracts from urdu poems i read recently.

[not-a-nice-man-to-know]

Jo umr bhar na mil sake,

Use umr bhar chahna ishq hain.

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[malojasnake]

— By May Sarton