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Quotes by Indian Authors
"A free nation is built on the principles of justice, equality, and the pursuit of shared aspirations."
"But then the subject turned to the spiritual life and Meg talked about her many visits to ashrams in India and her admiration for Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi. That got in the way, especially because he told her of his skepticism regarding the guru industry, and suggested she might profitably read Gita Mehta's book Karma Cola. "Why are you so cynical? she asked him, as if she genuinely wanted to know the answer, and he said that if you grew up in India it was easy to conclude that these people were fakes. "Yes, of course there are lots of charlatans, she said, reasonably, "but can't you discriminate? He shook his head sadly. "No, he said. "No, I can't. That was the end of their chat."
"And she called him a stranger. Whose name still echoed in her mind like a war cry. Who had seen each bit of her naked soul and knew how scarred her soul is. Whose reflection still stood, smiling at her every time she stood in front of the mirror."
"A woman may be looked upon as an object for sexual satisfaction but her multifarious roles and diversified approaches make her a complex being which man has not been able to understand."
"I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality."
"It hurts, doesn't it? Giving someone everything you can think of. The wings to fly and roots to stay and yet watch them choose none of those, leaving you hanging in the middle of void and nothingness."
"To my one and only: I'll love you more each day, more than you ever know."
"We have brought two hundred million people into the banking system through the Jan Dhan Yojana. This is more than the population of most countries in the world. Now, these millions are part of our banking system, and words like 'interest rate' have a meaning for them."
"God provides the food, men provide the cooks."
"Om is not just a sound or vibration. It is not just a symbol. It is the entire cosmos, whatever we can see, touch, hear and feel. Moreover, it is all that is within our perception and all that is beyond our perception. It is the core of our very existence. If you think of Om only as a sound, a technique or a symbol of the Divine, you will miss it altogether. Om is the mysterious cosmic energy that is the substratum of all the things and all the beings of the entire universe. It is an eternal song of the Divine. It is continuously resounding in silence on the background of everything that exists."
"Have faith in yourself. All the power is in your biology already. Be conscious of that power and bring it out."
"To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself."
"Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information."
"As Christ arose on Easter, may your heart be filled with His love, and may you find peace and renewal in His presence. Happy Easter!"
"Money is 'limited' and people's demands are 'unlimited'."
"If there is an essence to this wordly life, then it is the basis of honesty [morality]. If you have little wealth but have honesty even then you will attain peace. And if you do not have honesty but lot of wealth even then restlessness will remain within."
"Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?"
"You have treasured your MIND more than your 'SELF' and that's the primary source of unhappiness!"
"Communication happens on the periphery between two minds while communion melts two beings into one! What are YOU?"
"May the Christmas season light up your life with peace and joy, and may your year ahead be blessed with good health and prosperity!"
"You only have to do one good thing to be in somebody's lifetime of prayers."
"Qualia of God refers to the private subjective experience or conception of God in people."
"Celebrate the warmth of family, the joy of harvest, and the sweetness of life."
"In the grand saga of our nation, today marks a chapter of pride, reflection, and renewed commitment. Proud to be a part of India's continuing story."
"Sankranti is the perfect time to share love, laughter, and happiness with everyone."
"Doubt not the self O lion-heart, for those who call you crazy will one day worship you."
"Sufism, they say, is that which enables one to understand religion, irrespective of its current outward form."
"You are my reason to smile, my reason to live. Wishing you a beautiful Valentine's Day!"
"The best teachers are the ones who give you a hard time, they may not intend it, but you can intend to learn!!!"
"Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of love where nothing is asked for."
"A war based on Satyagraha is always of two kinds. One is the war we wage against injustice and the other we fight against our own weaknesses."
"See, when we say a "spiritual seeker," unfortunately most people assume that he is God-oriented. A spiritual seeker is not God-oriented; if Devil is the chief of existence, he wants to know that. We want to know what is true; we are not interested in proving our belief systems, because we don't have any."
"Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay."
"My lovefor youwill always belike a mountain stream.quiet. persistent. continuous."
"When conquest became the mode, people burnt the feminine out of the planet. We made it like this that the masculine is the only way to be successful, and we have compelled even women to be very masculine today in their attitude, approach and emotion. We have made everybody believe that conquest is the only way to success. But to conquer is not the way; to embrace is the way. Trying to conquer the planet has led to all the disasters. If the feminine was the more dominant factor, or at least if the two were evenly balanced, I don't think you would have any ecological disasters, because the feminine and earth worship always went together. Those cultures which looked upon the earth as the mother, they never caused too much damage to the environment around them."
"Those who understand the problem are those who see it clearly."
"Cleanliness drive is something that has touched every Indian"
"The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort."
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