Koustubh

“It is somewhat paradoxical that AI-Ghazzali spearheaded the attack against free-thinkers and the proponents of logic, but in doing so had to use the weapon of his adversaries. Indeed, the stubborn ghost of Greek dialectics withstood exorcism by the greatest Asharite of all time.”
― Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality

“He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened”; for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the Temple of Knowledge.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“धर्म-ग्रंथ सब जला चुकी है जिसके अन्तर की ज्वाला, मंदिर, मस्जिद, गिरजे—सबको तोड़ चुका जो मतवाला, पंडित, मोमिन, पादरियों के फंदों को जो काट चुका कर सकती है आज उसी का स्वागत मेरी मधुशाला | 17”
― Harivansh Rai Bachchan, मधुशाला

“Sometimes you get stuck and it takes you days to find a way through the lurch, landslides and natural calamities.  It is the life of a mountaineer.”
― J. Alchem, Undelivered Letters