Sultanpuri Delhi Quotes & Sayings

The old man heard the music of the imperialists issuing from the golden hotel, heavy with the gaiety of despair... — Salman Rushdie

The premonition of madness is complicated by the fear of lucidity in madness, the fear of the moments of return and reunion ... one would welcome chaos if one were not afraid of lights in it. — Emil Cioran

I can't remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep. — Anne Bernays

You can be in love with solitude; it won't last long! You can be in love with crowds; it won't last long! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Here the focus is narrow, almost obsessive. Everything that is not absolutely necessary to your happiness has been removed from the visual horizon. The dream is not only of happiness, but of happiness conceived in perfect isolation. Find your beach in the middle of the city. Find your beach no matter what else is happening. Do not be distracted from finding your beach. Find your beach even if - as in the case of this wall painting - it is not actually there. Create this beach inside yourself. Carry it with you wherever you go. The pursuit of happiness has always seemed to me a somewhat heavy American burden, but in Manhattan it is conceived as a peculiar form of duty. — Zadie Smith

Be the light of peace to drive away the darkness of hatred. — Debasish Mridha