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Quotes by Indian Authors

"The world is our own reflection. As long as there is deceit in you, others will deceive you."

"Life is real. life is earnest, and the grave is not its goal."

"The perception of reality is something that is constructed by the human mind based on its own needs and knacks."

"If you say, 'Now I look like an old man', you will start to look like an old man. If you say, 'No, I look like a young man now', you will start to look like a young man. What you project is what you will see. Soul is the form of projection and if false projections are done, the worldly life is created! If you come to a state free of false belief (wrong projection), You will be in the state of the 'Real form of the Self' (mood swaroop)."

"I write because there are things in me that cannot die."

"At the end of the day all we ever need is something that helped pass the time and something that keeps time from passing."

"In marriage, at home and everywhere else, one is to remain superfluous. That is where people go in deep into; that is called the worldly life (sansaar)."

"There's no one I'd rather be with than you. You are my one and only. Happy Valentine's Day!"

"To live peacefully just look up into the sky and watch how the clouds drift in total acceptance. Instantly, you shall find Peace."

"That which cures all worldly miseries, is called 'Scientific' Knowledge."

"I do not want to sleepfor fear I might miss the twinkle of the brightest starfor fear I may never knowhow the moon glimmers, in the darkest hour."

"May our nation's independence be a reminder of the power of unity and the strength of our collective spirit. Wishing you a Happy Independence Day!"

"The absence of inner intent for kashays is the same as the inner intent of the absolute Self (Parmatma). If one's kashays are gone, then he becomes the 'owner' of the whole universe."

"What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases!"

"Character of any person is the aggregate of his or her conscientious tendencies - the sum total of the knacks of the civilized part of the mind."


"Patience is the food of understanding."

"If the inner [intent] is not spoilt, it means "Our Own Self did not spoilt. That which has become spoilt on the outside will burn in the funeral pyre; whether it improves or not."

"Sapiens means wise or sapient... Wise means acceptance, not differentiation. Wise means helping, not fighting. Wise means assimilation, not destruction. Wise means harmony and peace, not dissension."

"You cannot choose your face but you can choose your dress."

"He got up slowly, not bothering to curse himself for forgetting the stop where he had to disembark. He was not used to leaving things behind; he wondered how the bus stop escaped."

"God says only one thing if you want to have attachment towards worldly life; go ahead and get attached to it; or else, get attached to Me. If you get attached to Me, you will get permanent happiness and if you get attached to the worldly life, you will not find contentment!"

"Her question was clear - 'Father, where does the Loss reside?In the sighs?Cheeks with tears wiped?A lost appetite?Owning a room confined?Or in the smiles all falsified?Thus, the Father decide, It is no matter to hide, he replied - 'I think its deep inside, Probably, In the layers of your soul, Where the body provides it, Ample food to be - Magnified, multiplied, intensified.But once you clarify, That its not to be occupied inside, It starves of supplies, And dies.So child, when there is loss, Make sure you refuse to invite it inward, And absolutely never make it your lifelong parasite."

"Be the help you seek from others."

"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

"To my Valentine: You are my heart's true home. I love you more than words can say."

"To believe 'I' where 'I' is not, is known as tirobhav (concealed or hidden belief). To believe 'I'-ness where 'I' is, it is known as Aavirbhav (visible or manifest belief)."

"The book from which to learn religion, is your own mind."

"Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises--War and Shopping--simply will not work."

"Fear makes you a stranger to yourself."

"Abhorrence towards bitter circumstances and attachment towards sweet ones is the nature of agnan (ignorance of the self). Bitter and sweet will not exist if agnan (ignorance of the self) leaves."

"Dedicated selfless people shape the future."

"The day you leave, this will be your only contentment: if you have made the existence a little more beautiful."

"Not doing attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) while experiencing the unfolding of karma is religion."

"Intelligence is not information. Intelligence is imagination and creativity."

"You are my better half, the one who makes everything in life worth it. Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Know the One - the Self, and you'll know the All."

"During anger, the parmanus (subatomic particles) are fiery and fierce and during greed, there are parmanus (subatomic particles) of attraction towards money."

"The human self and the God self are both creations of molecules in the human brain."

"Some days I don't know what is greater.My wisdom, or my stupidity."

"Forget race, forget gender, forget religion, and become a human my friend. Become a human above everything else, and all great things shall follow."
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