urvesh

“National interest can also be an excuse to clamp draconian colonial-era rules on those trying to bring in transparency. In”
― Josy Joseph, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi

“Sometime during the 1960s, the Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman was consulting with the government of a developing Asian nation. Friedman was taken to a large-scale public works project, where he was surprised to see large numbers of workers wielding shovels, but very few bulldozers, tractors, or other heavy earth-moving equipment. When asked about this, the government official in charge explained that the project was intended as a “jobs program.” Friedman’s caustic reply has become famous: “So then, why not give the workers spoons instead of shovels?” Friedman”
― Martin Ford, The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment

“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi