“An over examination of life can deter you from life itself”
Ilyas Kassam“It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action.”
Ilyas Kassam“Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of perspicacity, it is a reflection on yours.”
Ilyas Kassam“The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.”
Ilyas Kassam“To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.”
Ilyas Kassam“A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself.”
Ilyas Kassam“The path towards peace is not for the righteous, the ethical, the active and the compassionate to shit on the malicious, the complacent, the violent and the ignorant. The path towards peace is to be peaceful.”
Ilyas Kassam“Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things”
Ilyas Kassam“To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.”
Ilyas Kassam“We think to dance, and dance in thought. But to hibernate in the mind, is to bring upon us an apocalypse of the Soul.”
Ilyas Kassam“Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination”
Ilyas Kassam