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Quotes by Indian Authors
"We just move from one addiction to the other, choose your addiction!"
"This Dussehra, may you defeat the negativity in your life and emerge victorious in all your endeavors!"
"Our ancestors have invented, we can at least innovate."
"People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way."
"According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings."
"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."
"Illusion (moha) is to take a beating and then forget, to take another beating and then forget again."
"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."
"The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something."
"It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty."
"You are not separate from existence; you are existence."
"When you experience permanent bliss of the Self (samadhi), then it will be considered that your entire work is completed."
"To conceal an action is deceit. Even the husband is not aware of the deceit [by wife]. Lying is also deceit."
"This Thanksgiving, let's give thanks for the little moments and big blessings that make life beautiful."
"Grateful for every moment with those I love. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!"
"You can convert this human system into absolute receptivity, where you can perceive life in ways that you have never believed possible. If you keep all your ideas, emotions and your nonsense aside, maybe you can take a step, move one inch. One little step existentially is worth more than all the scriptures that you can read on the planet. One little step is far more important than all the philosophies that you can spout."
"Intuition is not a different dimension of perception, as people usually try to make out. Intuition is just a quicker way of arriving at the same answer. Intuition is just a way of making use of the data and jumping the steps."
"What does 'experience of the soul' mean? It is a state of constant eternal bliss."
"Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative"
"The Knower of 'taste' is the Soul. The enjoyer of 'taste' is not the Soul."
"Gratitude makes everything sweeter. May your Thanksgiving be as sweet as the memories we share."
"If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay."
"Life is one kind of sound. Death is another kind of sound. Those who cannot hear the sound of death think death is silence. Death is not silence, it is just another kind of sound, but may not within the hearing range of a normal ear."
"Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act."
"Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away."
"Non-violence is the article of faith. It is the last article of my creed."
"The mind-speech-body's atoms [indivisible part of matter] are 'effective'. What does the [spiritual] 'science' say? Why do you experience the 'effect'? You just have to 'know' the 'effect'."
"Words are only as powerful as the meaning they carry within them."
"A very unique feature of the Indo-American relationship is the critical role of the Indian-American community in the US economy. It is rare that emigrants from one nation, who become immigrants in another, enjoy such high respect and repute in both countries. Indian-Americans are a powerful cementing force in our growing economic and cultural ties."
"Detach yourself from things. Your soul will be lighter and your mind will be free."
"Worry is the greatest seed [cause] for the worldly life because worrying is the greatest egoism. If the egoism leaves, then worries will go away."
"Wherever there is ownership, there is upadhi (externally induced problems)."
"Principle' [Established Truth] means everywhere applicable; when there is nothing else, it is called Principle."
"A king will say 'I killed thousands of people'. He is simply doing egoism; he is taking pleasure in taking credit of doership (garva ras). They were killed by those who were on the battle field. Why does the king needlessly take on the liability [of new karmic causes]? In doing so, those who did the killing are set free. The rule is that the liability falls upon the one doing egosim [of doerhip]."
"Meditation is not about getting somewhere. It is about being here."
"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."
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