Ilyas Kassam Quotes

Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination

To want to tackle everything rationally is irrational.

The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.

A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself.

To seek contentment is to release the novelty that lies within monotony

To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.

Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of perspicacity, it is a reflection on yours.

Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things

To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.

We think to dance, and dance in thought. But to hibernate in the mind, is to bring upon us an apocalypse of the Soul.

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 the sensuality of thought.

If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable

we are finite, in that we are a product and source of the infinite.

An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him.

An over examination of life can deter you from life itself

There is desire in the perfect, beauty in the imperfect.Thus I lust over the flawless, and fall amorously forceless to the flawed.

Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane.

If you cannot find an element of Humour in something, your not taking it seriously enough.

It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action.