Combinatorics Khan Quotes

Patriotism, nationalism,' she said impatiently. 'Call it what you wish. Mine the only flag, mine the only way. All else is inferior, trample it underfoot. Despise it, detest it. ~ Ausma Zehanat Khan

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait. ~ Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail. ~ Genghis Khan

Those who do not need to provide or have not built the vehicles of their own sustenance can afford to be less hardworking and driven than those who carry the burden of necessity. ~ Shah Rukh Khan

[W]hereas a few hundred years ago man suspected and imagined that the universe was, for all intents and purposes, limitless, today he knows this to be true. His improved understanding of the material world around him has given him the means to make sure that his original conception of the universe was correct, in that every day its limits are being pushed aside and new horizons appear."

His Highness the Aga Khan's 1964 First World Socio-Economic Conference address (Karachi, Pakistan) ~ Aga Khan

The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able to surprise myself every day, I can surprise you as well. If I enjoy someone's work and they offer me their project, I do it. So what's the point of the supposed creativity? If Mona Lisa could be made by anyone, then it wouldn't have been the most beautiful painting in the world. The knowledge that you can fail can make you come first. ~ Shahrukh Khan

My experiences and training back at drama school were very enlightening. I always believe in improving, be it kathak or my acting skills, and would want to experiment more when it comes to work. ~ Jiah Khan

My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths. ~ Aga Khan IV

We should refrain from adopting laws that would allow countries with poor scorecard on human rights to exploit backdoors on techs for silencing dissent. ~ Arzak Khan

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind ... but as a path for realisation and salvation. ~ Ali Akbar Khan

When you left
you left behind a field
of silent flowers
under a sky
full of unstirred clouds...you left
a million butterflies
mid-silky flutters

You left like midnight rain
against my dreaming ears

Oh and how you left
leaving my coffee scentless
and my couch comfortless

leaving upon my fingers
the melting snow of you

you left behind
a calendar full of empty days
and seasons full of aimless wanders

leaving me alone
with an armful of sunsets

your reflection behind
in every puddle
your whispers
upon every curtain
your fragrance
inside every petal

you left your echoes in between
the silence of my eyes

Oh and how you left
leaving my sands footless
and my shores songless

leaving me with windows full of
moistened moonlight

nights and nights
of only a half-warmed soul

and when you left...
you left behind a lifetime
of moments untouched

the light of a million stars
unshed

and when you left
you somehow
left my poem...unfinished.



(Published in Taj Mahal Review Vol.11
Number 1 June 2012) ~ Sanober Khan

Are we Pakistanis, children of a lesser God? Is there one law for the west and one for us? Is our democracy supposed to be only democracy if you give us a no objection certificate? ~ Imran Khan

The tiger's roar filled the cave with thunder. Mother Wolf shook herself clear of the cubs and sprang forward, her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan. ~ Rudyard Kipling

I am not confident unless I am playing someone else. ~ Shahrukh Khan

As long as in love there is "you" and "me," love is not fully kindled. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

A homeless person should know that many souls feel utterly homeless in spite of living into the bodies of wealthy homeowners ~ Munia Khan

you make autumn mist
taste like champagne

and turn winter rain
into the elixir of life itself. ~ Sanober Khan

I guess I've written enough songs now. I've been doing this for so many years, that it's kinda cool just to be able to pull something out of the bag. ~ King Khan

Rodney is fifty four and he has some mental disease where they become all paranoid. Granted he spent his life as a vampire slayer which calls for a bit of paranoia but Rodney does sometimes overdo the whole thing. ~ Cyma Rizwaan Khan

My past lives alone. That's why my loneliness wants to live in the past ~ Munia Khan

Each tear longs to kiss sorrow ~ Munia Khan

Please let me know if I am not here
Let me know if I fail to find you there
For before the dawn I leave the night behind me
And before my heart I let you leave me behind. ~ Munia Khan

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life. ~ Imran Khan

You don't invent circumstances, but when they happen they reveal human nature. ~ Louis Khan

My mind has a time machine; it can travel back to the past when I close my eyes and in my dreams it travels to the future. ~ Munia Khan

Love generates two kinds of tears- in pain and in ecstasy. ~ Munia Khan

In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by sometimes taking ourselves to task. When the self says, 'O no, I must not be treated like this,' then we say, 'What does it matter?' When the self says, 'He ought to have done this, she ought to have said that,' we say, 'What does it matter, either this way or that way? Every person is what he is; you cannot change him, but you can change yourself.' That is the crushing ... It is only in this way that we can crush our ego. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation. ~ Irrfan Khan

Souls are blameless. We commit crimes inside of our mind. ~ Munia Khan

we are all like poems.
some of us rhyme. some don't.
some are Pulitzer prizes
some are just scribbles

and yet, we all possess
a special kind of beauty

that can either heal
or cut to the bone

one that can never quite
be fathomed, nor forgotten. ~ Sanober Khan

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it is inspiring. ~ Sady Ali Khan

Be sparing of your words if you wish them to be powerful. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

Love comes and goes away. It is the empty heart which never leaves us. ~ Munia Khan

I personally feel that I should support people who are doing good work and people should also support such good work. ~ Aamir Khan

violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature. ~ Sanober Khan

Father Wolf looked on amazed. He had almost forgotten the days when he won Mother Wolf in fair fight from five other wolves, when she ran in the Pack and was not called The Demon for compliment's sake. Shere Khan might have faced Father Wolf, but he could not stand up against Mother Wolf, for he knew that where he was she had all the advantage of the ground, and would fight to the death. So he backed out of the cave mouth growling... ~ Rudyard Kipling

Happiness is the most magical thing in this world the amount of which remains the same, even after distributing it amongst innumerable unhappy people. ~ Munia Khan

America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad thing. People become chronically preoccupied with competing and don't know when to stop. It can become unhealthy. ~ Chaka Khan

Be, do, have as you desire, but dare not hurt a soul. ~ Zahida A. Khan

I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner ~ Munia Khan

When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul ... it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

An hour is indeed a long time when you count every second ~ Munia Khan

The reason why man seeks for happiness is not because happiness is his sustenance, but because happiness is his own being; therefore in seeking for happiness, man is seeking for himself. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan