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The criminals among the rich are mostly driven by greed. One can negotiate with greed. But the criminals among the poor are driven by desperation and anger. Desperation can sometimes bring out the best in a human being.
Not everyone has the spirit to keep their character strong when their stomachs are empty.’
‘You will need to be mature and pragmatic. You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey.
‘Warriors thrive on admiration and hero worship. Without these, the warrior spirit, and with it, the warrior code, dies.
Too much of anything creates an imbalance in life. This is true even of virtues such as nonviolence. You never know when the winds of change strike; when violence may be required to protect your society, or to even survive.’
A society must always aim for balance. It needs intellectuals, it needs warriors, it needs traders, it needs artists, and it needs skilled workers. If it empowers one group too much or another too little, it is headed for chaos.’
Most people surrender to the pressure of society and family. But it builds terrible frustration within. These are unhappy and angry people, living unbalanced, dissatisfied lives. Furthermore, society itself suffers. It may get stuck with Kshatriyas who do not possess valour, and cannot protect their society. It may get stuck with Brahmins who prefer to be skilled Shudras like medical surgeons or sculptors, and therefore will be terrible teachers. And ultimately, society will decline.’
Reverse-bias is also bias. Reverse-racism is also racism. Reverse-sexism is also sexism.’
Don’t be afraid of the dark, my child. Light has a source. It can be snuffed out. But darkness has no source. It just exists. This darkness is a path to That, which has no source: God.
She had spent more than five months in Agastyakootam, educating herself on the principles of governance, philosophies, warfare and personal history of the earlier Vishnus.
This man is truly special. Either he will go down in history as someone who was exploited by all. Or, he will be remembered as one of the greatest ever.
Grief overwhelms you when you are alone. But when you find your soulmate, you can handle anything.
‘When two elephants fight, the grass is the first to get trampled.’
She almost certainly had some Hiranyaloman Mlechcha blood. Practically nobody east of Egypt had blue eyes.
