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Quotes by Indian Authors
"The traditional techniques used in getting sleep aren't much effective any longer and our sleep techniques need to evolve as rapidly as our life style has, in order to cope with it."
"Coinman lets out another legendary explosive from his hindquarters!"
"All work is a means to express your awesome talent. Beat your fears and produce gorgeous value for other human beings."
"People live for two reasons. There are those who live for the Soul; such people are very rare. All others live for money. All day is spent for money, money, money!"
"It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it."
"All they do is warm their seats for their long tenures and eventually even their seats get dilapidated with the amount of money they hog in illegally and the only way it comes out is by tilting their huge pot-bellied frames to one side and emitting poisonous gases that not only depreciate their beloved seats but also the nation as a whole and then they shout 'Global Warming.' Hallelujah!"
"It is to be savored like a seabreeze-whispereddream...in the mysteriousblue minutesbefore dawnlike a secretinfatuation.... like slowlanguorous sipsof green tea... like a lingeringglimpsea self-wrappedparadiselike his name upon my lips."
"If nothing on the inside spoils, nothing on the outside will either. This is the hidden secret of this world."
"True learning is a journey without end."
"The first step in awareness is to be watchful of your body. Slowly,slowly one becomes alert about each gesture,each movement. And as you become aware, a miracle starts happening: many things that you used to do before simply disappear. Your body becomes more relaxed,your body becomes more attuned, a deep peace starts prevailing even in your body, a subtle music pulsates in your body."
"Drinking tea is as sacred as doing yoga. Sleeping silently, relaxed, is as sacred as prayer. Looking at a tree, talking to a friend, walking early in the morning, working in the factory or in the office, is as holy as anything else. This is the understanding that is needed for Tao to happen."
"When you 'oblige' someone, things will happen according to your wishes, and if you harm someone, things will happen against your wishes."
"When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor."
"Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma).One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa. Rely on your Self, self-reliance."
"One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are."
"Don't keep those people in your life who are completely negative in approach. Eventually these people will stress you out and be the source of your downfall."
"As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres."
"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."
"Don't wait, just sweat."
"Be loving towards yourself, then you will be able to love others too."
"PERFECT VIRTUE PRODUCES NOTHING, because it needs nothing. Production comes out of desire, production comes because you are imperfect. You create something as a substitute because you feel unfulfilled. When you are absolutely fulfilled, why should you create, how can you create? Then you yourself have become the glory of creation, then the inner being itself is so perfect, nothing is needed.PERFECT VIRTUE PRODUCES NOTHING. If the world is virtuous, all utilitarian goals will be lost. If the world is really virtuous there will be play and no production. Then the whole thing will just become a game. You enjoy it, but you don't need it. A perfect sage is absolutely useless."
"Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention."
"People often don't understand the engine that drives corruption. Particularly in India, they assume government equals corruption, private companies equal efficiency. But government officials are not genetically programmed to be corrupt. Corruption is linked to power. If it is the corporations that are powerful, then they will be corrupt."
"Celebrate the harvest, spread love, and enjoy every sweet and special moment."
"Energy comes not from your muscle neither from your heart. It comes from your inner source."
"To thee, to thee, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes."
"You are my soul's perfect match. Together, we are unstoppable. Happy Valentine's Day!"
"Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along."
"All these objections are raised by people, has God raised them? He who wants to be free (attain Liberation) has no objections, and he who wants to be bound, he will have nothing but objections. People become addicts of objections."
"Our quest for a Digital India is all encompassing. It is going to touch your lives in several ways, making it easier."
"Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate everything we are thankful for, and I am thankful for you. Wishing you a day full of joy and love!"
"When there is no attachment-abhorrence, one is on the path of liberation [moksha]."
"Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another."
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