If I Am To Speak Ten Minutes, I Need A Week For Preparation; If Fifteen Minutes, Three Days; If Half

#NowPlaying Closer by The Chainsmokers, Halsey

Makkay gayaan, gal mukdee naheen Pawain sow sow jummay parrh aaeey Ganga gayaan, gal mukdee naheen Pawain sow sow gotay khaeeay Gaya gayaan gal mukdee naheen Pawain sow sow pand parrhaeeay Bulleh Shah gal taeeyon mukdee Jadon May nu dillon gawaeeay

- Bulle Shah

Can is not the same as must… But if you must and you can, then there’s no excuse.

Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

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Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis

Full movie can be found on Youtube.

#NowPlaying Even Flow by Pearl Jam

One of the first things they ask you in the ER is to rate your pain on a scale from one to ten. I've been asked this question hundreds of times and I remember once when I couldn't catch my breath and it felt like my chest was on fire… the nurse asked meto rate the pain. Though I couldn't speak, I held up nine fingers. Later, when I started feeling better, the nurse came in and she called me a fighter."You know how I know?" she said. "You called a ten a nine." But that wasn't the truth. I didn't call it a nine because I was brave. The reason I called it a nine was because I was saving my ten. And this was it. This was the great and terrible ten.

-- Hazel (The Fault in Our Stars)

Khudi Ka Sirr-e-Nihan

Khudi Ka Sirr-e-Nihan La Ilaha Illallah Khudi Hai Taeg, Fasan La Ilaha Illallah

The secret of the self is hid, In words "No god but He alone”. The self is just a dull-edged sword, "No god but He," the grinding stone.

Ye Dour Apne Baraheem Ki Talash Mein Hai Sanam Kudah Hai Jahan, La Ilaha Illallah

An Abraham by the age is sought to break the idols of this Hall: The avowal of God's Oneness can make all these idols headlong fall.

Kiya Hai Tu Ne Mataa-e-Ghuroor Ka Soda Faraib Sood-o-Zayan, La Ilaha Illallah

A bargain you have struck for goods of life, a step, that smacks conceit, All save the call "No god but He," is merely fraught with fraud and deceit.

Ye Maal-o-Doulat-e-Dunya, Ye Rishta-o-Pewand Butan-e-Weham-o-Guman, La Ilaha Illallah

The worldly wealth and riches too, ties of blood and friends a dream The idols wrought by doubts untrue, all save God's Oneness empty seem.

Khird Huwi Hai Zaman-o-Makan Ki Zunnari Na Hai Zaman Na Makan, La Ilaha Illallah

The mind has worn the holy thread of Time and Space like pagans all Though Time and Space both illusive "No god but He" is true withal.

Ye Naghma Fasl-e-Gul-o-Lala Ka Nahin Paband Bahar Ho Ke Khazan, La Ilaha Illallah

These melodious songs are not confined to time when rose and tulip bloom Whatever the season of year be "No god but He" must ring till doom.

Agarche But Hain Jamat Ki Astinon Mein Mujhe Hai Hukm-e-Azan, La Ilaha Illallah

Many idols are still concealed in their sleeves by the Faithful Fold, I am ordained by Almighty Allah to raise the call and be much bold.

-Iqbal