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Quotes by Indian Authors
"If you think of the world as a global village, a fight between India and Pakistan is like a fight between the poorest people in the poorest quarters - the Adivasis and the Dalits. And in the meantime, the zamindars are laying the oil pipelines and selling both parties weapons."
"Non-violent resistance to evil is a quintessential element of the character of a real human being. If someone does wrong to me, I may be physically capable of breaking his jaw with one blow of my fist, but such violent reciprocation does not define the strength of my character as a real human being. If I succeed in resisting my limbic urge to do harm in return, then only can I be hailed as human being of real character."
"In nature, there is no pain or suffering neither in the spiritual life nor in the worldly life. The worldly life has become painful due to lack of this understanding. One does not know how to interact in life. He should remain untouched in the worldly life. When one remains untouched in the worldly life, there is no end to the bliss that arises!"
"Helping yourself is a privilege. Helping others is an honor."
"Gratitude is the antidote to stress."
"In simple terms, what you perceive as real, is actually a neurological reconstruction or simulation of the actual real thing. It's not as simple as saying, we see as it is. Actually we do not ever see as it is."
"Do every act of your life as if it were your ultimate."
"Talking to strangers is very panic fear, to be fearless and good communicator in long term try talking to strangers with courage like you already know them."
"What do the Vitraag Lords say? "I am Chandulal is a Gneya (that which is to be known) yet one believes himself to be the knower. When the knower comes into the 'Knowing state (gnata padh) and that which is to be known, comes into the 'state of being known (gneya padh)', 'we' will call him 'Jitendriya-Jin'."
"Enjoy a return to goodness produced each day in the tranquil and beneficent breath of the morning."
"Your mind is not merely the vehicle of God, rather it is the life-force that keeps God alive. Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God."
"Your world needs you. So, use your education to become endowed with muscles of iron and nerves of steel. Do not exploit the means of education to become a man or a woman. Use it to become a human being, in the pursuit of excellence."
"Disappointment gives you Fear.Credence gives you Strength."
"Normalcy was declared. (Normalcy was always a declaration."
"Live in tune with existence, not against it."
"When the egoism becomes zero, that is indeed spirituality."
"Those were the three words seldom asked to her.Yet, she knew they hold a healing power in them; For they bring a million thoughts to the mind and more to the soul; For the answer is far deeper than what is simply said on the face.She understood, so she asked him what was seldom asked to her, 'How are you?"
"From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living."
"What is the definition of Gnan [true knowledge]? It is that which must be present without fail when needed. Who should be the one imparting this Knowledge? It is not acceptable coming from any ordinary person. It must be from one whose speech has power (vachanbad), so that it will be present when needed. The Gnan [Knowledge] has to present itself, otherwise the work cannot be accomplished."
"Egoism and Money [Goddess of wealth; Lakshmi] are very much at odds [have great enmity]. There should be just enough egoism to accomplish one's work. Beyond that, any expanded egoism and money have great enmity. Money (Lakshmi) stays away from it."
"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."
"Till the chit is in blissful state, the world does not come in one's remembrance (one forgets the world till that time)."
"Before I was a Scientist, I was a Monk. And before I was a Monk, I was a naive young mind with ever- flowing streams of questions. And one of those questions, that always used to create intense ripples of curiosity in my psyche, was - Does God exist? And has anyone seen or experienced him?"
"Education is the manifestation and evolution of the knowledge that is already inherent within you."
"There is no God for sure, else how could one justify terminal diseases in small kids?"
"Whatever may be the position of science, whatever may be the position of philosophy, as long as there is such a thing as death in the world, as long as there is such a thing as weakness in the human heart, as long as the human heart sheds a drop of tear in weakness, there shall be a faith in God and divinity."
"Violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature."
"To fuel yet another war this time against Iraq by cynically manipulating people's grief, by packaging it for TVspecials sponsored by corporations selling detergent and running shoes, is to cheapen and devalue grief, to drain itof meaning. What we are seeing now is a vulgar display of the business of grief, the commerce of grief, the pillagingof even the most private human feelings for political purpose. It is a terrible, violent thing for a State to do to itspeople."
"Misery teaches you more than joy."
"He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people's minds, becomes worthy of worship by people."
"Determination and willingness can change the situation when we are distructed."
"There are two types of knowledge. One is about what is right and wrong, what is helpful and harmful in this world, and the second is about the path to final Liberation (Moksha). The one who attains the knowledge about Moksha will indeed get the knowledge about what is helpful and harmful in the world. Or else, there should be saints around who know about what is helpful and harmful in this world."
"His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back."
"Arise, my friend " the world is wailing for kindness " it is wailing for compassion " it is wailing for love."
"Let your child be the torch of truth and they shall shine over the entirety of the human society brightening even the darkest corners."
"Let your child see you doing a good deed instead of you telling him or her to do it, and the little child shall one day grow up to become a real kind human being."
"If we clash with anyone, then it is our own weakness only."
"Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating."
"Religion has to be protected, difference of opinion is not to be protected."
"All great achievements of humanity begin with the madness of a few lion-hearts."
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