"Each atom hides beneath its veil The soul amazing beauty of the Beloved's face."

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Source : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.14, Red Wheel/Weiser

Mahmud Shabistari

#Soul Quotes #Atoms Quotes #Veils Quotes

“Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.”
“I didn't care who kissed you first as long as I kissed you last." -George from If We Kiss”
“Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.”
“The internet is not for sissies.”

Source : ba.internet forum, groups.google.com. September 26, 1994.
“I began to feel that I lived on a higher plane than the skeptics of the ground; one that was richer because of its very association with the element of danger they dreaded, because it was freer of the earth to which they were bound. In flying, I tasted a wine of the gods of which they could know nothing. Who valued life more highly, the aviators who spent it on the art they loved, or these misers who doled it out like pennies through their antlike days? I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.”
“My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.”
“Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so ...”
“Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end.”

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