Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī’s answers to questions asked by a disciple. What Is Poison? Rumi – Anything which is more than our necessity is Poison. It may be Power, Wealth, Hunger, Ego, Greed, Laziness, Love, Ambition, Hate or Anything. What Is Fear? Rumi – Non acceptance of Uncertainty. If we accept that uncertainty, it becomes …
Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us. It is not a mere sentiment; it is truth; it is the joy that is at the root of all creation. — Rabindranath Tagore.
Fifty-four years ago, the most famous music festival ever was at Woodstock, USA. It was billed as “three days of peace and love,” and it was a contrast of what was happening in Vietnam at the time. The promoters estimated 50,000 people would attend, but more than half a million people turned up. The festival …
1947 – Jewish refugees pleaded for entry into Palestine 1948 – Palestinian refugees expelled by Zionist militias
“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.” – Pythagoras
“There is nothing natural about extreme inequality. It is the predictable result of an economic system that distributes income, based on who owns the means of production, rather than according to any common-sense principle of labour contribution, human needs or justice.” – Jason Hickel Jason Edward Hickel is an economic anthropologist whose research …
“How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.” Khalil Gibran
Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret. – Laurence J. Peter
“If we strive for an open and inclusive society where everyone is valued and respected, we need to leave this outdated and anachronistic institution behind.” ~ SNP MP Tommy Sheppard
If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears. Mahmoud Darwish
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid… Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: what is the cost of lies?” Valery Legasov Wikipedia: Valery Legasov
‘We won’t go back to normal, because normal was the problem’. Vijay Prashad
“The real sickness in Britain is not the virus – it’s that the mentality of the UK ruling class can easily be identified in a Charles Dickens novel. “ Ben Wray – Source Direct
“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.” Ovid
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” Seneca.
“There is more than enough wealth to go around in modern Britain, but we leave it untaxed in the mansions of the wealthy whilst homeless men and women die on the streets outside. The Tories want us to blame immigrants so they don’t have to tax their mates.” Grace Blakeley
“Surely the greatest burning injustice of all is children having to go to school ill-clad and hungry.” Gordon Brown Universal Credit was advertised as making work pay and empowering those on low incomes but in fact two-thirds of poor children are now in families where someone is working.
“The most fuck awful government in the history of fuck awful governments.” Hugh Grant Twitter: @HackedOffHugh
“There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.” George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” Mark Twain
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