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Quotes by Indian Authors

"I' have not had to borrow or beg for years. This world is indeed all yours. If you know how to 'see', if you know how to view the world, if you know how to understand the world, then the world is truly all yours. You are truly the Owner."

"You can find the answers to the most complicated questions of life from your deepest self. Pay attention and listen. Your inner self has to say something to you. Listen to that eternal entity within, and you shall discover the way through which you'll reach your goal."

"By doing actions, one will not attain Liberation [Moksha]; through understanding leads one to Liberation. The fruit (effect) of action is the worldly life [sansaar]."

"All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man."

"Unfair prejudice can result people being living with fear and unfair treatment if it is based on physical appearance. Therefore, this conflict should be intervened seriously and violators of this act of hate crime should get punished and understand deeply about the significance of human existence, so they can get pressured to change and act morally."

"Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to every morning."

"Highlighting strengths increases sales."

"The tears of my eyes watered your heart but failed to evoke a response from the barren grounds of what beats in you. They will still come and I will welcome them because they contain you."


"A nation's strength lies in the unity of its people and their unwavering commitment to a common vision."

"Life is there to attain Liberation while going through the experience of it. It should not be 'above normal' or 'below normal,' it should be 'normal'."

"The most sexy trait in a woman is - when she starts taking the world by a storm!"

"Let certain things be uncertain.Appreciate the puzzle that life is, insofar as I know, after a scheme of steps, all Crosswords have a solution, and every Sudoku makes a lot of sense."

"Where you don't see pure love, there is indeed no path to moksha [ultimate liberation] there. Where there is a fee, there is no pure love there!"

"Sometimes, getting comfortable with the circumstance is the only preparation you need to deal with it."

"God is the Knower and not the sufferer of pain."

"One gets wise by meeting people and meeting people through their literature."

"Moon is a shining ball, from the window on my wall.Moon is blemish - laden, from the terrace of my mansion.Moon is a cold flame, from the porthole of my airplane.Yet I have heard, Moon is muse to philosophy brothers, Moon is nurse to romantic lovers.How can it be so various?Are we not the same?Or did the Moon really change?"

"The smaller fry disappears while the bigger one still rules in the business world and also in other areas like politics."

"Loneliness kills. It becomes more conspicuous in the crowd."

"The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience."

"Wounds make you awake in the memories but tears makes tough and dry in real life."

"A world full of 'certainties'All the plans, all the vanities.Where black covers the whiteSuited in 'confidence' - the constant fight.A million roads I dream to takeOne destination, knowing not I turn where.A green veil covers for two years, some two decades.But the 'plan' awaits, new roads to make.I pant, I struggle, I do my best While they say, 'You are, dear, but so inadequate'."

"Her melodious laughter sounded like the distant tinkling of soft bells and he stored the sound in her temple- his heart."

"You can make any promises as long as you are not going to be there to fulfill them."

"His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved, its solidarity unaffected, its arrogance still holding."

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget."

"Soar high, shine bright-Happy Makar Sankranti!"

"The fact that you made worse decisions in the past shouldn't be an excuse to make bad decisions in the present."

"I fell, she laughed. I fell hard, she laughed harder. Seeing that I kept falling till I fell in love."

"Sometimes you want to cry but the tears deceive you, but at other, you just want to hold the tears but they disobey you."

"At least not until the Terror took hold of him. Not until he saw, night after night, a little boat being rowed across the river. Not until he saw it return at dawn. Not until he saw what his Untouchable son had touched. More than touched.Enter.Loved."

"We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel."

"Still the Amaltas bloomed, a brilliant, defiant yellow. Each blazing summer it reached up and whispered to the hot brown sky, Fuck You."

"Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them."

"What is 'common sense'? (It is that which is) Everywhere applicable, theoretically as well as practically!"

"Sometimes anger pave the path of success."

"May your life be as fulfilling and abundant as a harvest ready to be reaped."

"May Lord Ganesha's blessings bring new opportunities, success, and happiness into your life. Wishing you a wonderful Ganesh Chaturthi!"
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