Raheel Farooq

“Humans are one, not divided, but multiplied into many.”

“We know the value of a blessing when we don't have it. But we only know the value of knowledge when we have enough of it.”

“Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.”

“It's not in the life, it's in the living.”

“Do not judge a man by where he stands, but how he reached there.”

“Peace, love and beauty are goals shared by every human heart. The question is whether our minds recognize them as such.”

“Judge, criticize, object before you decide to believe something; but once you believe, you're but an idiot if you need to be scrupulous any more.”

“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.”

“Children are prophets of nature.”

“Truth is what reconciles thought and experience.”

“I'd love to be what I have been.”

“Man is weak. Purpose makes him strong.”

“Melancholy is an escape not from reality, but unreality of the world.”

“All humans learn from each other's mistakes. Intelligent humans learn how to avoid them, idiots how to do them.”

“Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.”

“Truth and reality are two different things. Truth is nothing more or less than an expression of reality as you perceive it, while reality being something totally independent of, and indifferent to how you express, or even, perceive it. People differ only in their reference to reality; and this difference is not without its own implications. Certain interpretations have more value in certain situations, and vice versa. Any number of opposite propositions may be true simultaneously, but their truth value will ultimately decide their worth. From which angle to look at reality at a certain time, is a wisdom philosophy is not designed to endow. It can only help you refine your perception. In order to choose and change your mode of perception, you perhaps need Will.”

“The fate of man does not chase him as much as he chases his fate.”

“Ignorance binds people tighter than culture.”

“Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else.”

“If a fact does not modify your logic on being known, either you don't believe the fact or it is not a fact.”