"This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is……" — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
"This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is so certain of love,
that the sky bends unceasingly down, to greet its own light."
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Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
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14 Quotes by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
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The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty,…
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I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!
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The world is a playground -Indian
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In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.
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Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night's festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies.
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Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.
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Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no…
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Whereas it is difficult for everything to work out easily, A man cannot even afford to be a human
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Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris…
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Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane
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He gave me heaven and earth, and assumed I'd be satisfied; Actually I was too embarrassed to argue. The spiritual…
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If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many…
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Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I…
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Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man,…
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When…
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When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand…
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play…
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Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity,…
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