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> [“Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/freedom-is-not-to-defy-it-is-to-co-exist-it-is-a-challenge-for-the/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

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## More by Ilyas Kassam

> [“It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/it-is-more-important-to-be-of-pure-intention-than-of-perfect-action/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“Be Kind. It is all that matters. Be kind through your own definition of kindness. Philosophy is merely a manner of defining kindness, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/be-kind-it-is-all-that-matters-be-kind-through-your-own-definition-of/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“The Purpose of Philosophy is to fall in Love. To strip the world of all its clothes, and fall in Love with it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/the-purpose-of-philosophy-is-to-fall-in-love-to-strip-the-world-of/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“I think to think. Not to be thought-full, or to reach a point of wisdom or acquire a grace of knowledge. I think for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/i-think-to-think-not-to-be-thought-full-or-to-reach-a-point-of-wisdom/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/the-only-kind-of-universe-that-i-can-even-begin-to-conceive-is-an/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/freedom-is-not-to-defy-it-is-to-co-exist-it-is-a-challenge-for-the/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [To seek contentment is to release the novelty that lies within monotony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/to-seek-contentment-is-to-release-the-novelty-that-lies-within/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“An over examination of life can deter you from life itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/an-over-examination-of-life-can-deter-you-from-life-itself/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/a-truly-free-man-is-not-free-from-anything-nor-free-to-anything-he-is/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [To want to tackle everything rationally is irrational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/to-want-to-tackle-everything-rationally-is-irrational/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/if-nature-has-taught-us-anything-it-is-that-the-impossible-is-probable/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“Logic in all its infinite potential, is the most dangerous of vices. For one can always find some form of logic to justify his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/logic-in-all-its-infinite-potential-is-the-most-dangerous-of-vices/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“We think to dance, and dance in thought. But to hibernate in the mind, is to bring upon us an apocalypse of the Soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/we-think-to-dance-and-dance-in-thought-but-to-hibernate-in-the-mind/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“we are finite, in that we are a product and source of the infinite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/we-are-finite-in-that-we-are-a-product-and-source-of-the-infinite/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

> [“To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilyas-kassam/to-know-yourself-you-must-know-the-transience-of-your-self/)

[Ilyas Kassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilyas-kassam/)

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