Sami Ansari

“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
― Flora Lewis

“I see a swirl in the core. There is a pilgrimage in my glass. They bang their beers. They say things with I’s and S’s and I’s and S’s. They say 9s and 11s and Bins and Ladins. They say bombs and attacks and terrors and terrorism. They say there’s a glass in your hand, you must be one of the ‘moderates’. They say, but I have been.
I have been to Mecca. I have seen Muslims. I have felt Muslim. I have felt Muslim in Mecca. I have felt Muslim in bars. I have felt Muslim in bed with her. I have felt Muslim everywhere. I have felt human everywhere. I am a human.”
― Mohamed Kassem

“I find myself a powerful monarch, the shadow of G-d on earth. I have seen that he bestows the blessings of his gracious providence upon all his creatures without distinction…. With all of the human race, with all of G-ds creatures I am at peace: why then should I permit myself to be the cause of molestation or aggression to any one?”
― Akbar the Great

“He has no enemies, and none of his friends like him.”
― Oscar Wilde