[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets… – Sir William Jones, “On the Philosophy of the Asiaticks” (eleventh anniversary di
Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. – Toi Derricotte
I have to ask Allahs forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and its not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred. – Abdul Qadeer Khan
