Fakir Quotes

The fakirs always throng the sea-shore
To find meaning in the chaos
And then they too become melancholy
Feeling nothing but their naked toes. ~ Avijeet Das

Fakir Azizuddin. He was one of the ablest and certainly the most honest of all Ranjit Singh's courtiers. Azizuddin was of so engaging a disposition, and so
perfect a courtier in his manners, that he made few
declared enemies, though many were doubtless jealous of his influence. One reason of his popularity, as a
Muhammadan minister at a Hindu Court, was the liberality of his belief. He was a Sufi, a sect held,
indeed, as infidel by orthodox Muhammadans, but to which the best thinkers and poets of the East have
belonged. He had no love for the barren dogmata of the Kuran, but looked on all religions as equally to be respected and disregarded. On one occasion Ranjit Singh asked him whether he preferred
the Hindu or the Muhammadan religion. ' I am,' he replied, 'I am a man floating in the midst of a mighty river. I turn my eyes towards the land, but can
distinguish no difference in either bank. ~ Lepel H. Griffin

Last Will

Prologue:
We, Sacco and Vanzetti, sound of body and mind,
Devise and bequeath to all we leave behind,
The worldly wealth we inherited at our birth,
Each one to share alike as we leave this earth.

To Wit:
To babies we will their mothers' love,
To youngsters we will the sun above.
To spooners who wont to tryst the night,
We give the moon and stars that shine so bright.
To thrill them in their hours of joy,
When boy hugs maid and maid hugs boy.
To nature's creatures we allot the spring and summer,
To the doe, the bear, the gold-finch and the hummer.
To the fishes we ascribe the deep blue sea,
The honey we apportion to the bustling bee.
To the pessimist - good cheer - his mind to sooth,
To the chronic liar we donate the solemn truth.

And Lastly:

To those who judge solely seeking renown,
With blaring trumpets of the fakir and clown;
To the prosecutor, persecutor, and other human hounds,
Who'd barter another's honor, recognizing no bounds,
To the Governor, the Jury, who another's life they'd sell -
We endow them with the fiery depths of HELL!

(Industrial Worker, Aug. 20, 1927) ~ Nicola Sacco

It is alarming ... to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal Palace while he is still organising and conducting a campaign of civil disobedience. ~ Winston Churchill

"None is good, save One, that is, God", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands. "Gloria in Excelsis", "Glory unto God in the highest", and unto men that deserve, but not to such an undeserving one like me. Here "the servant is not worthy of the hire"; and a Fakir, especially, has no right to any praise whatsoever, for would you praise your servant for simply doing his duty? ~ Swami Vivekananda

You Make Me"
(feat. Salem Al Fakir)

[Vocals by Salem Al Fakir]

We are one,
One for sure.
All united,
You'll want some more.

Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!
Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!

We are one,
One for sure.
All united,
You'll need no more

Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!
Oh Oh Oh Oh

All my life I've been, I've been waiting for someone like you (yeah)
All my life I've been, I've been waiting for someone like you (yeah)

I've been looking for someone like you (yeah)
I've been waiting for someone like you (like you [x4])

You make me!

[Instrumental break]

We are one,
One's for sure.
All united,
You'll want some more.

Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!
Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!

We are one,
One's for sure.
All united,
You'll need no more

Oh Oh Oh Oh
You make me!
Oh Oh Oh Oh

All my life I've been, I've been waiting for someone like you (yeah)
All my life I've been, I've been waiting for someone like you (yeah)

I've been looking for someone like you (yeah)
I've been waiting for someone like you (like you [x4]) ~ Avicii