"Light makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for light Neither a talker, nor a seeker, nor am I argumentite Light …"

"My thoughts are not to eminence inclined, nor I ask to be the master Neither then prelates, elders we became, nor the…"

"All this is strolling of the sea, neither any shore nor dinghy Into the waters of oneness, flying away this very enti…"

"They translate books of science and attribute authorship to their coreligionists."

"God has sent showers upon the abandoned dwelling-places of those we loved. He has woven upon them a striped, many-col…"

"Despite my age, I can almost say that I have never put pen to paper without worrying about censorship. The nightmare …"

"The Shāhnāmeh is the greatest epic in history. It is a treasure trove of ideas, wisdom, advice, help, guidance, and r…"

"the more sincere and intimate the relationship between a work and its reader, the better. So the countries that don’t…"

"Being iconoclastic is only acceptable and desirable if the public—or at least a specific segment of society—is open t…"

"You should definitely tell Pakistan’s story to your children. Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hi…"