“Civilisation, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“There is no act of faith more beautiful than the generosity of the very poor,”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“If you’d been born and raised in Palestine, you’d know that some people are born to suffer. And it never stops, for them. Not for a second. You’d know where real suffering comes from. It’s the same place where love and freedom and pride are born. And it’s the same place where those feelings and ideals die. That suffering never stops. We only pretend it does. We only tell ourselves it does, to make the kids stop whimpering in their sleep.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“100. Is it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside? Nay! the truth is most of them believe not.”
― English Translation of the Qur'an
― English Translation of the Qur'an
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