Best 20 quotes of Ilyas Kassam on MyQuotes

An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him.

An over examination of life can deter you from life itself

A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself.

Freedom is not to defy, it is to co-exist. It is a challenge for the imagination

Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane.

If you cannot find an element of Humour in something, your not taking it seriously enough.

I think to think. Not to be thought-full, or to reach a point of wisdom or acquire a grace of knowledge. I think for the sensuality of thought.

It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action.

Logic in all its infinite potential, is the most dangerous of vices. For one can always find some form of logic to justify his action, and rest comfortably in the assurance, that what he did abides by reason. That is why, for us brittle beings, Intention is the only true weapon of peace.

Poetry is the way that we transcend language through language. And thus our freedom lies in the poetry of all things

The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.

The path towards peace is not for the righteous, the ethical, the active and the compassionate to shit on the malicious, the complacent, the violent and the ignorant. The path towards peace is to be peaceful.

The Purpose of Philosophy is to fall in Love. To strip the world of all its clothes, and fall in Love with it as it stand before you completely naked.

There is desire in the perfect, beauty in the imperfect. Thus I lust over the flawless, and fall amorously forceless to the flawed.

To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.

To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.

To seek contentment is to release the novelty that lies within monotony

To want to tackle everything rationally is irrational.

we are finite, in that we are a product and source of the infinite.

Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of perspicacity, it is a reflection on yours.