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"The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there."
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"Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation."
"Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant."
"What i'm trying to say is this. A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propogating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it - even if the person himself wants to stop it."
"The world is stuck because of the word 'no'."
"The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there."
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"A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation."
"Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what they had been hired for: but my orations never seemed to increase their output. I realised later that, in the East, a commitment to produce does not automatically accompany employment."
"Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster."
"For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure."
"In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough."
"As the man was bundled into an armoured police van, he turned and shouted: 'Don't waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!'I stood there thinking. He was right. Ours is a society of followers, trapped by an island mentality."
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