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Passionate children have strong emotions that insist on finding expression. They laugh loudly. They cry even more loudly.
O Lord Surya, nurturing Son of Prajapati, solitary Traveller, celestial Controller; Diffuse Your rays, Diminish your light; Let me see your gracious Self beyond the luminosity; And realise that the God in You is Me.
it’s more important to be right than to be first.’
‘Expecting people to follow rules just because they should is being too hopeful. Rules must be designed to dovetail with selfish interest because people are primarily driven by it. They need to be shepherded into good behaviour through this proclivity.’
But if the government interferes to such an extent that the weak thrive and the strong are oppressed, society itself will collapse over time. A society should not forget that it thrives on the ideas and performance of the talented among its citizens.
Giving a sharp sword to a child is not an act of generosity, but irresponsibility.
People will talk nonsense. It is, after all, their job.
Dark clouds cannot hide the sun forever. One day, they will clear and true light will shine through.
‘If your word of honour is in conflict with the law, then you must break your word and take dishonour upon your name,’ said Vashishta. ‘That is dharma.’
Sometimes wrath is required to deliver justice. But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.
Let this temporary body be burned to ashes. But the breath of life belongs elsewhere. May it find its way back to the Immortal Breath.
If karma is giving you a negative signal repeatedly, then it is not testing you, it is trying to teach you.
Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate. A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.
One of the few advantages of being disliked is that you don’t need to fret over what others think about you.’
She has that something, like the thread in a crystal-bead necklace. She holds it all together.
‘Birth is completely unimportant. It is just a means of entry into this world of action, into this karmabhoomi. Karma is all that matters. And your karma is divine.’
If we don’t destroy the caste system as it exists today, we will open ourselves to attacks from foreigners. They will use our divisions to conquer us.’
compassion is sometimes an overrated virtue.
“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.’
