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Quotes by Indian Authors

"Parliament has passed the Real Estate Regulation Act which will go a long way in transforming the real estate market, protecting buyers and promoting honest and healthy practices. Along with the passing of this long pending bill, we have introduced tax incentives for developers and buyers of housing for the neo-middle class and the poor."

"Don't talk while having food was only meant to be in integrity with food."

"An artist is one who has mastered the art of dissolving himself so completely that only his work remains!"


"Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening."

"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."

"Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty."


"Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud."


"The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth."

"Not words. nor laughter. but rather someonewho will fall in lovewith your silence."


"That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner."

"I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders."

"Most of the timesit's the hardest to saywhat I love moreyouor your memory."


"Our heads are filled with 'knowledge', a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all."

"God had said to listen to what five people tell you and don't hold on to your own opinion. The person who holds on to his opinion is isolated. If you insist upon it, it will harm you as well as others. This true-false is a relative truth; it is a mundane [worldly] truth. One should not insist upon it."

"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

"Let your conscience be your scripture and your actions be your religion. Let the humans be your church and compassion be your worship. Let love be your gospel and acceptance be your revelation."

"The mind can be won over if it is kept separate from things that appeal to it."

"A man should construct meaningful ideas at his own will if he wants to take citizenship responsibilty by helping others pursue their happiness."

"Tao simply means the ultimate principle that binds the whole existence together. Existence is not a chaos; that much is certain. It is a cosmos. There is immense order in it, intrinsic order in it, and the name of that order is Tao."

"The day you forgive your past and close your eyes. You will hear a river flowing inside you again. You will hear that waves of the ocean hitting the seashores of your soul once again. And again the sun will shine, lighting up your darkest nights."

"That what keeps us supported is dharma (religion)."

"Gratitude is who you are, sans baggage."


"Even if I say something, do not believe this nonsense, but do not disbelieve it either. Just see, "Someone is willing to sit in front of so many people and talk absolute nonsense, something that is totally absurd. Let me see what this is about." If you keep that much openness, the possibility is alive in your life. If you believe it, you will kill it. If you disbelieve it, you will kill it."

"For how long will insult hurt a person? For as long as he covets self-importance. For as long as one covets temporary [non eternal] things."

"One creates ownership and then does egoism towards it, that is why suffering arises. No one is a boss/owner of anyone. Whose things and whose goods? However many fishes one catches from the sea, they are his. After he catches them, he gives rise to its ownership, he creates a liability for it."


"I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available."


"Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn."

"Cobwebs may be spun and ghosts may say boo, but nothing could be as awesome as celebrating Halloween with you! Wishing you a spooktacular night!"


"A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching."
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