tu kaar-e-zmee’n raa nekuu saakhti
Kay baa aasmaa’n neez pardaakhti
(Sheikh Saadi)
kya tu nay zameen ka kaam sanwaar liya hai jo aasmaan ki taraf Parwaaz kar rhaa hai?
Kehi’n na jaanay waala raasta bhi
khud-shanaasi tak lay jaata hai.
Cheraagh-e-barq-e-tahqeeqi, nmee baashad dar ee’n vaadi
Siyaahi kard ee’n jaa, gar hmeh khorsheed peydaa shod
(Abd-ul-Qadir Baidil Dehlvi)
Jab tehqeeq o justuju ka charaagh is vaadi main maujood nehi hai tau, chaahay kitnay hee sooraj kyun nah nikal aayen, tareeki khatam nehi ho skti.
Tujhay kitaab se mumkin nehi fraagh keh tuu
kitaab khaa’n hai magar sahib-e-kitaab nehi
Agar aap ko nya Idea chahiye, tau koi purani kitaab parhai’n.
Aik baar, Einstein kay aik Mehmaan nay Einstein say drkhaast ki, Woh us ki Laboratory dekhna chaahta hai.
Einstein muskraya; usay apna Fountain Pen dikhaaya aur phir apnay sir ki taraf Ishaara kia.
Jaago, Pyaari Titli!
Bohat dair ho chuki, abhi meelo’n duur tak safar
Hum dauno ko aik saath tay karna hai
(Matsuo Basho)
Har din aik safar hai,
aur safar hi ghar hai.
(Matsuo Basho)
Aap ki Zindagi mei’n dau din sab se ehm hai’n; Pehla woh, jab aap paida huway, aur Doosra woh, jis din aap ko (apnay paida honay ka) maqsad mil gya.
(Mark Twain)
Aaj aap ki baqia Zindagi ka Pehla Din hai.