Quotes by Raheel Farooq

Religion is not what appears. Its what guides the appearance. There is an appearance of everything. But the appearance doesnt always have something behind it.

Analysis is soul of thought and ghost of wit.

Ideas cant die, not because they are conceived by humans, but because time begets them.

The sense of alienation that inspires wonder, awe and fear in us is enough of a proof that life does not belong to the planet Earth.

One only knows the sins of democracy against virtue when one is worthy enough to suffer from them.

Artist is not human, but humanity.

Knowledge is not discovery, but recognition.

Love is not an idea, not a feeling, not a sensation, not a sentiment, not a passion, not even an emotion. It is becoming and being not... Ultimate nothingness! Complete self-annihilation!

The truth is not what I look for. It is what I look at!

Always doubtful is the one who always looks for certainty.

Time is conscience of the universe.

Its not that people dont know when theyll die. Its that they dont seem to know theyll die.

A beautiful girlfriend is worth two more.

If philosophy has to serve some really noble purpose, it must be more observant than critical towards life.

Comparison is the most abused intellectual tool of all. We compare men and women, man and God, good and bad, equal and unequal, forgetting that this sin only results in a punishment so severe that we cant even trace it back to its origins. All were left with in the end is ambiguity, uncertainty, lethargy and and Kafka!

Logic is a mere iceberg in the Mediterranean of wisdom.

Paradoxes are less paradoxical in their reference to truth than most of the most plausible axioms.

Religion and philosophy have different logics, speak different languages. Their logics are mutually exclusive, languages sometimes overlapping. It is hard to find something really common in them. I think I---a man in totally unconditional pursuit of happiness, whatever it is, wherever it lies---am only supposed to consider which of them has more in common with life!

Intellect is limited, but it has one great merit; it can recognise its limits!

The greatest of fools are those who fail to mark the invisible from the nonexistent.