“The Naskar Anthem
(Sonnet 2554-2555)
Heir to no throne,
no crown on my head,
tearing up borderly lies,
I burn as the lamp of aid.
I hold no flag,
yet I raise nations,
I stand as rebel guard,
humanizing inoculation.
Rocking the world with sacred wonder,
priming the souls with curing thunder,
every sonnet is call against slumber,
every line, a revolt against plunder.
From the alleys of grief
to the towers of pride,
I am wounded, I walk with
the wounded by my side.
Not born to erase faith,
but to rewrite it tolerant;
suffering is the doorway,
to the becoming of a saint.
A pair of helping hands is holier
than a million praying lips;
I got no need for scripture,
for I carry a heart that beats.
I have no law, but life -
I have no edict, but empathy.
I have no creed, but conscience -
I am the vow of mad inclusivity.
Roads ignited with the voice of oneness,
cannot be extinguished by clouds of hate.
When the final regime has fallen to pieces,
the drop of dew will still be incandescent.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“I have no law, but life -
I have no edict, but empathy.
I have no creed, but conscience -
I am the vow of mad inclusivity.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“From the alleys of grief to the towers of pride, I am wounded, I walk with the wounded by my side.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.”
“He seized me as boldly as a tiger captures his prey. There was no escape. And I didn't want to. I would have happily died in his clutches. I was his, and he made sure I knew it. My heart burst with a thousand beautiful blooms, all tiger lilies. And I knew with a certainty more powerful than anything I'd ever felt before that we belonged together.
He finally lifted his head and murmured against my lips, "It's about bloody time, woman.”
Source: Tiger's Quest
“I look after the world as family, so the world may look after my family, when I'm not there - that's the kind of blind faith that actually makes a difference.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“I squinted at every dappled leaf in the mulberry wood, hoping to see leopard eyes looking back. Imagine how unlikely it is for two creatures of any kind to see each other--through the shadows of the woods--eyes connecting, attention ready. For a moment like that all the universe would have to conspire to move all its pieces and line them up just so.
I think a person gets seen, really looked at, looked into, seen the way a leopard would see into you, maybe ten times in their entire life.
And even then, who knows what a leopard would be thinking.”
Source: Everything Sad Is Untrue
“When an audience imagines a story, their neurons fire in the same patterns as that of the speaker. The brains of storyteller and audience synchronise.”
Source: Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack: How Do Stories Work? Unlock the Software of the Mind
“People don’t hear what you say. They hear what you make them think about. And how you make them feel.”
Source: Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack: How Do Stories Work? Unlock the Software of the Mind
“Stories are not confrontational. Storytelling is about entering the mind of your audience so that they connect the dots, according to the pattern you want them to see.”
Source: Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack: How Do Stories Work? Unlock the Software of the Mind