Aurangzeb famous quotes

I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.
-- Aurangzeb

#Who I Am #Stranger #Me Alone

Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God... I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.
-- Aurangzeb

#War #Punishment #Going Away

No age is wanting in able men; it is the duty of wise masters to find them out, win them over, and get work done by means of them, without listening to the calumnies of selfish men against them.
-- Aurangzeb

#Wise #Selfish #Mean

I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.
-- Aurangzeb

#Punishment

THE DEMOLITION OF A TEMPLE IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME, as it cannot walk away from its place.
-- Aurangzeb

#Temples #Demolition #Walks

The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Govt. in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power (i.e. time) TO DESTROY AND RAZE THE TEMPLES OF THE INFIDELS that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector (darogha) who may afterwards DESTROY THEM AT LEISURE AND DIG UP THEIR FOUNDATIONS
-- Aurangzeb

#Country #Strong #Eye

Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles. Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents.
-- Aurangzeb

#Brother #Congratulations #Writing

I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with myself. Everything is totally contradictory, but maybe I have remained exactly as I was as a small boy of twelve.

I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.

People try to start things with me because of who I am, and I know that means I have to stay away. Its definitely racial.

I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

... one cannot be happy in exile or in oblivion. One cannot always be a stranger. I want to return to my homeland, make all my loved ones happy. I see no further than this.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

I don't think being obsessed with sex is any stranger than being obsessed with stamp collecting.

I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.