“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi

“He was coming in hard and low: a squat missile. I got to my feet and watched him come. I didn't try to run. I was transfixed.

It had been thirty-three and a half years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's notorious death order against me and all those involved in the publication of The Satanic Verses, and during those years, I confess, I had som

“The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder.” - Oliver Burkeman from Four Thousand Weeks

“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.” - Cal Newport

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell from 1984

“Whenever you have a choice between being right or being kind, be kind. No exceptions. Don't confuse kindness with weakness." - Kevin Kelly

“… we can no longer afford to carry on in a prolonged era of polite reflection and ineffective resistance. An Era of Emergencies is bearing down on us." - Barry Lopez from embrace fearlessly the burning world