Neha Katyal > Neha's Quotes

“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“We don’t need to actually solve the problems of the poor, the dalits, the downtrodden. Give them education and they will become self-confident. They will solve their own problems. So ‘education’ is actually the solution to all problems!”
― Rashmi Bansal, I have a Dream

“The past, like the future, is nebulous; everything we have created in the past was just a consequence of a decision, everything we are witnessing in the present is just a consequence of a series of decisions, and everything that we want to create is just a decision away from us.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Find something you want to achieve now, and devote every iota of your infinity in achieving it. You’ll realize that every second of the pursuit of your dream is a revelation, revelation of life, it is an encounter with self, fearless and limitless self. The moment when you gather the courage to realize your pursuit, magic happens; doors begin to open, the path becomes clearer, pain becomes endurable. You’ll realize the power of your mind, the power given to it by your pursuit. Your mind will begin by taking a small step towards achieving it, and sooner you’ll realize that you are already doing the impossible, the impossible that was defined by you once, the impossible that as imposed by society once. And that is what I would call living. You’ll realize that you haven’t just achieved something, but lived every moment of it, each and every moment. It would be like magic, MAGIC OF PURSUIT.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Our heart is closest to our soul, in fact, the only way to our soul; it knows everything that our soul wants and life is ultimately the game of satisfying our soul. When something inside you says, it’s worth trying, even if all logic and circumstances are against it, go for it, it will take you to places. It would be worth trying, and you’ll realize that the voice you always dampen is worth listening to.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Suppose, you are moving up a ladder to reach the tenth floor of a building. And it is very important to you, say, you need to rescue something stuck up there, and all other ways are closed. On your way up, various things from your pocket fell down, but those
were frivolous, so you continued moving up. Now, suddenly on the sixth floor, something very important, say a photo of your close one or something more useful, say, your cell phone fell down. It was important for you at that moment, but, you missed it. Now ask yourself, is it worth going six steps down and then ten steps up. Now, suppose you decided to move down, but, by the time you reached
down, it was stolen or worse, a heavy truck crushed it. You have become twice as tired and angry asyou were before and say, the weather became adverse to thwart your movement ahead. Think.

I just want to say that- never ever look back. You’ll never find everything same again, neither the
person/thing left behind, neither you nor the circumstances. If somebody/something has left you and you are still moving ahead in your pursuit, believe me, you have become stronger and more eligible to
achieve it. If something is a part of your pursuit, it’ll be there with you but only until the time it is
needed.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“She looked at him surprised; surprised as to how comfortable she feels her skin, her habits, her soul,
her entirety when he is around; surprised as to how a possible flirtatious sentence can so easily cajole her gut instinct, surprised as to how someone could intoxicate her soul to the point of euphoria.

She looked at him wondering what he might be thinking, and then, she smiled and turned away.

Well, that day, only God, if one exists, can reduce her embarrassment as only He would know that he
was thinking the same.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Do you know, what’s crazy about this moment.” Granny whispered.
“What?”
“That it is temporary. This moment. The rain, the darkness, the lights, the cars and the peace. Close
your eyes, and what you are witnessing right now, in front of your eyes may vanish in the blink of an
eye.
Listen. Believe, and you shall get. Sometimes, the darkness before us seems so prolonging that we
tend to forget about light. And in those moments, just hold onto faith and see how the carpet of
darkness unfolds magically to reveal astounding illumination, experience how the scene changes.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“There is so much to be grateful for, and the paradox is- I learned this after losing so much. After losing everything I feared, I gained an insight into how much I already have. I need no opportunity or approval to realize my dream. Instead, I can start realizing my dream with so much I already have. I learned that when you are on the path of pursuing your dream, great opportunities may or may not come on your way depending on the decisions you make and on the
decisions others make on whom you are dependent.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“The aftermath of loss- When you lose
everything, you lose the fear of losing anything. And then, everything becomes possible. You know,
what makes something impossible for us humans- the fear, the fear of loss. In the process of achieving
something, there is always a fear of losing something.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“There is a limit only when there is fear. When man fears a loss, he will limit his potential by not taking risks. There are two kinds of fear of loss- fear of losing a past attachment and fear of a future failure. And believe me, fear of any kind of loss is more harmful than the loss itself. Coz, we humans tend to exaggerate in our minds the possibility of harm a situation can do to us than what it actually
does. And, did you notice, both the fears contain the term past and future. There is no present involved in the fear. We unnecessarily ruin our present due to a possibility of past or future damage.
And to be insolently truthful, my friends, past, and future are, both, indefinite!”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Attachment is a bond; we develop with someone on purpose, that cultivates into dependency.
Love is free. It knows no conditions, no expectations, no demands, no intentions, and particularly, no
dependency.
I am attached to my mother because she takes care of me, she cooks delicious food for me, and I am
habituated to see her whenever I come home from work. And now, I am dependent on her to take care
of me, cook food for me, be there whenever I come home from work. I will also do all kind of sacrifices whenever required, for her.
I love my mom because ... I cannot think of a reason; I just love her. I don’t care whether she takes
care of me or not, whether she cooks for me or not, whether she is there when I come home or not.
She is free to do whatever she loves to do, and I’ll love her till eternity.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Sometimes we so unnecessarily believe that the thing we can see is best for us. But, it is only because we are not willing to see beyond it.
When a diver gets into sea, he deserves the pearl, not the pebbles. If he satiates himself with the pebbles, due to fear of drowning, someone else will take the pearl.
You have gotten into this life. Do not get disheartened with the pebbles, you deserve the pearl.”
― Neha Katyal, The Writer's Bloom

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
― Albert Einstein

“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
― Albert Einstein

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”
― Albert Einstein