Jahan Quotes

#1. Working is prayer for the likes of us," his master often said. "It's the way we commune with God."
"Then how does He respond to us?" Jahan had once asked, way back when he was younger.
"By giving us more work, of course.

Elif Shafak

#2. It seemed to Jahan that, in truth, this world, too, was a spectacle. One way or another, everyone was parading. They performed their tricks, each of them, some staying longer, others shorter, but in the end they all left through the back door, similarly unfulfilled, similarly in need of applause.

Elif Shafak

#3. Jahan mein ehle-e-imaan soorat-e-khursheed jeetay hain,
Idhar doobey, udhar nikley; udhar doobey, idhar nikley

In this world, men of faith and self-confidence are like the sun,
They go down on one side to come up on the other.

Allama Iqbal

#4. The world believes it was built by love but reading Shah Jahan's own words on the Taj, one could say it was grief that built the Taj Mahal and it was sorrow that saw it through sixteen years till completion.

Aysha Taryam

#5. There was something so infantile in the man's fright that Jahan could not help but chuckle. Children, only they, stared up with sparkling eyes, pointing at the white beast.

Elif Shafak

#6. Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.

Swami Sivananda

#7. Flik's Fun Fair: Whether or not you have little ones, take a few moments to stroll through this whimsical corner of DCA.

Leslie Le Mon

#8. A couple was leaning over the railing, and Lillian could hear the woman say: Even if you don't mean it, just for tonight, say you love me. I won't ever remind you of it; I will not see you again, but just for tonight say you love me, say you love me.

Anais Nin

#9. I am still drunk that you were here,
and you were mine.
And once again I stretch my hand out
for that wine;

As your drunk eyes could not bestir
themselves, I too
Can't move; as you love wine, I love
the wine that's you;

Jahan Malek Khatun

#10. Capitalism really had triumphed. You could buy anything from gray-colored chips the size of marbles to giant boulder-size chunks complete with spray-painted graffiti.

Liane Moriarty

#11. It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Jack Abramoff

#12. it was that life is short, and we need to live it to the fullest. It's something I understand, but still struggle to follow through with some days.

Claire Contreras

#13. God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous sins once, twice, and a third time, God still looks for him, "so that he may be converted and live."

Caesarius Of Arles

#14. Happiness is a myth,' Karla snapped back angrily. 'It was invented to make us buy things.

Gregory David Roberts

#15. As an investor I cannot tell that. We cannot predict the success or failure.

Ron Conway