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“Khusrau darya prem ka, ulti wa ki dhaar,
Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar.
English Translation.
Oh Khusrau, the river of love
Runs in strange directions.
One who jumps into it drowns,
And one who drowns, gets across.”
― The Writings of Amir Khusrau: 700 Years After the Prophet: A 13th-14th Century Legend of Indian-Sub-Continent
Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar.
English Translation.
Oh Khusrau, the river of love
Runs in strange directions.
One who jumps into it drowns,
And one who drowns, gets across.”
― The Writings of Amir Khusrau: 700 Years After the Prophet: A 13th-14th Century Legend of Indian-Sub-Continent
“The smarter you get, the slower you read.”
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“Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.”
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“The measure of how much you love something is what you sacrifice for it.”
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“Words, after all, are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.”
― Ghachar Ghochar
― Ghachar Ghochar
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