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True literature endows a human being with the courage to face the bitter realities of life and to endure them with a smiling countenance.

— Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui

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Aligarh Muslim University is not merely an educational institution; it is a civilization, a tradition, and a specific way of feeling and perception.

The Urdu language is the ultimate sanctuary of our shared civilization, a place where even today, people of diverse religions and beliefs stand united in a single line.

The true purpose of satire and humor is not to hurt anyone's feelings, but rather to smile at those flaws in society which cannot be mended even by weeping.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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