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Quotes by Indian Authors
"There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still."
"In shukladhyan (Pure contemplation as the Self, the Soul), whole world begins to look faultless (nirdosh). In dharmadhyan, despite seeing the other person at fault; one will uphold him as being faultless that is 'dhramadhyan', 'what is the other person's fault? He is simply instrumental (nimit) in it. It is due to the effect of my own karmas that I have encountered him."
"Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary."
"Meditation is nothing but withdrawing all barriers, thoughts, and distractions to simply be present."
"It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. To let it be, to travel with it, as Velutha did, is much the harder thing to do."
"A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one."
"The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."
"Saying 'I love you' every day' to your loved ones is not required, but if you say it, what will you lose?"
"We consider rivers as our mother, plants and trees as our God...after all, these are the things related to security of climate."
"We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots."
"People can show false love But cant false HatePeople can show false caring But cant false carelessSo believe on it they show you hate and treat you careless ,.It is true feelings."
"Growing older doesn't mean that you are more mature than everyone who is younger than you. Maturity is a lot of things, and age has nothing to do with it."
"You are the stories and incidents that you never tell to anyone. You are the thoughts that you get while standing under the shower. You are those memories that won't lets you sleep at night peacefully. You are those words that you will never say while speaking with someone. You are those scars that you always hide from everyone. You are those little secrets that you will never let the world know. You are everything that you hide under the identity that you call the real you."
"A true Brahmachari will not even dream of satisfying the fleshly appetite."
"It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer."
"To the one who holds my heart: thank you for filling my world with endless love."
"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."
"Every spoken word carries great risk. Therefore, it is better to remain silent if one does not know how to talk. Talking about religion carries religious risks, talking about worldly matters, carries worldly risks. The worldly risk will go away, but religious risk is very heavy; it creates grave obstacles in regards to religion."
"Everyone's unfolding karma will change. To maintain equanimity during the unfolding of karmic effect is the Gnanis' (Self-realized person's) duty."
"There is no happiness in what worldly people believe happiness in, there is happiness in what Gnani [the enlightened one] believes the happiness in. What people regard as happiness is not happiness."
"Advice should only be given when it is sought, otherwise our own worthiness gets assessed."
"I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all."
"God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God."
"What are dualities? They are what creates the worldly life [sansaar]. And if one attains Liberation [moksha], he will be beyond dualities!"
"Life is not a problem to be solved, it is a mystery to be lived."
"History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them."
"The end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure."
"The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries."
"Chit impurity is due to the relative vision. When the vision becomes real (enlightened), purification of chit occurs."
"Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion."
"As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me."
"To be a successful soldier or a politician, one must be able to suppress one's finer feelings and emotions."
"She lit fire to the bridges and forts she built all these years, and she walked into it smiling and tears rolling down her cheeks."
"People change only under two circumstances, one is called Inspiration and the other Desperation!!!! Unfortunately, both give results!"
"In the middle of the mayhem, you came and sang a song of melancholy. You promised a wildfire, but instead choked the light that was struggling hard for survival. Eventually when all the light went off. You left, complaining about the darkness."
"Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind."
"The investments of your youth, are drafts upon your old age. Invest sheer poetry in yourself."
"In every sector of India's forward march, I see the U.S. as an indispensable partner. Many of you also believe that a stronger and prosperous India is in America's strategic interest. Let us work together to convert shared ideals into practical cooperation. There can be no doubt that in advancing this relationship, both nations stand to gain in great measure."
"Love is not sacrificing for each other, but helping each other to become more unified - Mentally by respecting each other's EGO; Psychologically - by understanding and overcoming the subtle nuances of the mind that are detrimental to each other's progress and Spiritually - becoming one with the cosmic whole. This organic growth in all sphere of life is what we call LOVE! Have you experienced this?"
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