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Quotes by Indian Authors
"The mind has no tools to enter the unconscious dimensions. Only if you are outside of the mind you can look at everything the way it is. When you are in it, there is no way to dissect yourself. You can catch hold of somebody else and dissect them, but you cannot dissect yourself. Even if you do, you cannot see everything. If you are using any faculty of the mind you cannot truly be aware of the nature of the mind."
"I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders."
"Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself."
"The 'Good News' is, the messiah cometh. The bad news is, he never does."
"There is only one way to success.. and only one person can lead you there.. that's YOU."
"The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it."
"As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres."
"Our heads are filled with 'knowledge', a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all."
"Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there."
"Money is 'limited' and people's demands are 'unlimited'."
"God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole."
"Any impossibility turned into a possibility is magic."
"There is 'Soul' even in other living beings. 'Lion', or 'deer', is the ego, but within them is the Soul. Therefore, if you take into consideration the type of ego of every living being and interact accordingly, your work will get done. A lion cannot be provoked but if you provoke a dog, it will run away."
"Never put a single thought of weakness in the flourishing minds of the children. Fill them up with vigour and compassion, for their character will define the future of the entire human species."
"Happiness lies with us only. Desire for experiencing interactive pleasure is because of the association with the ignorance (of the Self). The one who does not have such association, he will 'realize' true happiness."
"So let's say you're using XYZ product and you want to do something very sophisticated. You subscribe to this thing, you hit a button, and a CA expert pops up in video."
"When Boredom comes, it is the time during which discovery is to be made. That is the time during which real effort (purushartha) can be made. But instead, people push it aside."
"When the outside intent (other than the intent of Pure Soul, Parbhaav) stops, he attains enlightened bliss of the Self (samadhi)."
"Only one person can stop me or keep me going, I myself."
"There is strife (trouble) the moment one enters the worldly life and bliss the moment one enters the Self [the Soul]."
"No God, no messiah, no prophet can grant your wishes " it is only through your own efforts that you can make your wishes come true " it is only you who can grant your own wishes."
"Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?"
"One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings."
"The whole humanity together must start working on focusing on reinforcing the elements of love and compassion from Islamic philosophy into the general human psyche."
"When you become worthy of people's worship, you will be able to attain moksha (liberation), you cannot go to moksha just like that. Reproach (criticism) by people is the cause of a life in the lower realms."
"Today, if you have one depressing thought in you, you will sit depressed. Why? The whole cosmos is going on phenomenally well today, but that does not matter. In your mind there is one thought - not too many, just one - that is bothering you, that will depress you and put you in the dumps."
"If you are truly able to walk in the shoes of Christ, the very label of religion called Christianity would disappear from the face of earth."
"To live unhappily, is failing life."
"People think they are not satisfied with what they have but in true sense they are not satisfied with what they are."
"If your monetary wealth accumulates naturally and spontaneously, then let it accumulate, but do not lean on it for support. You may take its support and feel a sense of relief, but there is no telling when that support will move away. Therefore, conduct yourself with caution from the beginning so that you are not shaken up during time of painful experiences."
"If you met the robbers and they robbed you, you should not cry. Think 'how will I go on [do progress] now?' You will get all the help you need. What does one gain by crying 'what will become of me?' Who is the one suffering, the robber or the one who was robbed? The fault is of the sufferer."
"Keeping 'pure focused applied awareness of the Self (Soul)' (shuddha upayog) is the same as being in the Absolute Supreme Self-form (Parmatma swaroop)."
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