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Quotes by Indian Authors
"However much silence you behold, that amount of intellect will stop."
"In terms of the real quality of a human being, only when suffering comes, when pain comes, does a man stand up as a human being. You can see great human beings surface only when the society is really suffering. When India was under the oppression of British rulers, how many wonderful people stood up? Where are they now? They have just fallen back into their comforts, that's all. All those Ghandis, Patels, Tilaks are still there, but they're dormant. When pain came, they all became alive. They left everything behind and stood up as giants. Where are they now? This is the human misfortune that still there's not enough intelligence in the world that human beings will rise to their peaks when everything is well. They wait for calamities."
"In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development."
"A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society."
"The reaction of whatever you do will continue punishing you (hold you accountable). I do not have to come to punish you, says God."
"When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life."
"Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."
"Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness."
"Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends."
"The responsibility to shape the destiny of a nation rests on the shoulders of its citizens; each one contributing to the collective progress."
"To explain God after merely reading the scriptures is like explaining the city of New York after seeing it only in a map."
"Character is the bedrock of leadership; let integrity and honesty be your guiding principles."
"We are beginning to see the benefits of global consolidation."
"The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica."
"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us."
"Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary."
"Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect."
"If one were to worship the Soul (self) for even a moment, he will attain moksha without fail. Such is the elegance of the body-complex (paudgalik ramanta) in this world!"
"I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity."
"No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it."
"Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self."
"But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge."
"Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind."
"Few service industries are designed to be 24x7 in India, and thus there was no 24x7 mentality."
"May Lord Ganesha's blessings bring success to all your endeavors and peace to your heart. Have a joyful Ganesh Chaturthi!"
"Should kids check phones at dinner? I don't know. To me, that's a parenting choice."
"The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed."
"Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate."
"This Dussehra, may you conquer all your fears, face challenges with courage, and emerge victorious with happiness and success!"
"At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away."
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
"A person's reality is determined by their thoughts."
"Mindfulness helps us to focus on one goal at a time. It helps us to be more relaxed, patience and compassionate towards the goal."
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