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Subterfuge
‘Any great invention has both positive and negative effects. As long as the positive outweighs the negative, one can safely continue to use it.
ostracised
‘Often, our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis helps us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises
that creep up upon us, on the other hand, may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.’
weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.
exile
reticence
Ati sarvatra varjayet.
Excess
should be a...
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if the universe is trying to maintain balance, we must aid this by ensuring that Good is not enjoyed excessively. Or
Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment.
Good we create leads to the Evil that will destroy us.’
precariously
potion.
scepticism
wryly.
uncouth
languidly;
devour
‘Shreyaan sva dharmo vigunaha para dharmaat svanushthitat.’
It meant that it was better to commit mistakes on the path that one’s soul is meant to walk on, than to live a perfect life on a path that is not meant for one’s soul.
It is attachment that makes people forget
not only their moral duties but even who they really are.’
you will end your journey exactly where you began.
The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself.
Only those who
understand this simple truth can experience t...
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‘Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives,
held we should be under no illusion that we are in control of our own breathing. We should realise the simple truth that we are “being breathed”; we are being kept alive because our journey serves a purpose. When our purpose is served, our breathing will stop and the universe
will change our form to something else, so that we may serve another purpose.’ Shiva smiled.
pragmatism
‘Satyam vada. Asatyam mavada.’
‘Satyam bruyat priyam bruyat, na bruyat satyam apriyam.’
“Speak the truth in a pleasing manner, but never speak that truth which is unpleasant to others”.’
They don’t idolise him; they are scared of him.
Karmanye vaadhikaa raste maa phaleshu kadachana.’
impasse,
‘People have a tendency to do what they want to do rather than what they should be doing.’
embraced
bait
mobilising.’
scourge
‘There is always unity at the end,’ said Ganesh, ‘and it brings a new tranquillity. But the meeting of two worlds causes a lot of temporary chaos.’
elixir.
Elixir
reverence.
rebuked
decimation,’
imbeciles
