We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.Swami Vivekananda
“Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.”
Poet and philosopher · 1877 – 1938
Philosopher, poet and politician of British India, writing in Persian and Urdu. His ideas inspired the Pakistan movement and his poetry is revered across South Asia.
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