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Quotes by Indian Authors
"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."
"I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run."
"Greatness is achieved not by the absence of difficulties but by the courage to conquer them."
"Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must."
"Commitment is a curse if it interferes with righteousness."
"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."
"But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events."
"Be obdurately determined to bring your courage to the world."
"Every heart must have its privatebestseller book."
"Love is a diseases which makes the mind stop functioning and the heart beating faster."
"The importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the destination reached. My international visits may be short. But, the outcomes are substantive and significant."
"You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not understand this, you create that, hoping through that to understand or to escape from this."
"Analysis does not transform consciousness."
"And the moment she held that diary in her hands, she summoned all her demons at once. The moment she opened it a hand from every page held her and pulled her inside. And in a moment even before she could realize what was happening to her she was drowning in the sea, fighting to breathe and fighting to swim back to the surface. But the hands kept pulling her down deep into the darkness until her voice died slowly."
"Afghan-India Friendship dam has not been built by bricks and mortar, but by the faith of our friendship and the valour of Afghans and Indians."
"We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!"
"Vision and purpose fix our character."
"We fell in love and heard thousands of words in every silence between us. Then we fell apart and heard only silence in thousands of words we spoke to each other."
"The sooner the jihadis go up to their imagined #heaven, the sooner our earth would be a heaven."
"It's amazing what people do for love, but the most astonishing fact is how love transforms people..."
"She was sitting in a dark room, curled up and her head buried on her knees. His name echoing in her mind, like a thunder over a seashore. She was torn between the happiness brought by the waves, that touched her feet and fear of losing herself in the chaos. created by the sound that shattered her whole world into pieces."
"Only being an administrator & controller is not enough. Everybody, at every level, has to be an agent of change. Initiatives have succeeded when 'Jan Bhagidari' is embraced."
"People say 'dogs who roam in Mercedes are Lucky', this is your feeling, not the Dog's!!!"
"Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center."
"Meditation means being aware of what you are doing."
"If you want to share then share the spirit of love, unity and humanity."
"You aren't in the ivy halls of your miserable literature pursuit now. Without wasting more time, will thou cometh to the pointeth? Dost thou wanteth us to stayeth or leaveth?"
"If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem."
"Moral' means one is free to enjoy only the things that belong to him and those he receives naturally and spontaneously. That is the ultimate meaning of morality."
"But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside."
"If you don't act out of 'Inspiration', 'Desperation' will make you act!"
"You can start on a clean slate or make excuses, but you can't do both."
"Young men and women are to build-up a strong character. A nation's greatness was reflected in the character of her people. If it was sullied by selfishness, such a people could not prosper or achieve great things. Selfishness had its place in life as everyone had to look to his own needs and that of his family, but it could not be made the be - all and end - all of life."
"The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians."
"As flags wave and anthems play, may we remember that patriotism isn't just pride in what America is, but dedication to what America can become."
"If we protect the 'underhand' [those working under us], then the 'boss' will protect us. If we constantly reprimand the 'underhand', then the boss will constantly reprimand us."
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