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#1

“Focus on what you are and what you can rather than what others aren't & can't. You have to win; they don't necessarily have to lose for you!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: motivation, self-improvement, winning

167 likes

#2

“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.”
― Thomas Hardy, The Personal Notebooks Of Thomas Hardy

1346 likes

#3

“They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

1318 likes

#4

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Classic Collection

tags: strength, woman

1147 likes

#5

“Poetry is capable of saving us.”
― I.A. Richards

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#6

“Firm was my resolve
and fragile was my heart.
I saw many ends and many a start.”
― Alok Mishra, Moving for Moksha

tags: heart, inspirational, motivational, poem, poetry, spiritual, start

142 likes

#7

“A man is made of emotions,
largely, and intellect – wit,
humour, rationale and that's it?
No! A man is the rob that hides a soul”
― Alok Mishra, Moving for Moksha

tags: philosophy-of-life, poetry-books, soul, spiritual, spiritual-quotes, spirituality

139 likes

#8

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......”
― Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

tags: beauty, future, guru

603 likes

#9

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you,
none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
― Vivekananda

tags: confidence, spiritual

511 likes

#10

“Sometimes by water
'and sometimes by the wind,
'my random lines on sand will be
'erased. What am I now? A ruddy rage?
'He said losing and winning matters not at all!
'He told! Unbecoming is a part of becoming again...”
― Alok Mishra, Moving for Moksha

tags: gita, hindu, hinduism, krishna, maya, philosophy, poem, poetry, spiritual

102 likes

#11

“from him we come
into him we go
in between, we see
what he decides to show.”
― Alok Mishra, Moving for Moksha

tags: hindu, hinduism, illusion, life, maya, moksha, philosophy, poetry, religion, spiritual

102 likes

#12

“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm and detached mind can observe and absorb at the same time. If you participate, you may find the poetic output tilted towards your bias.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: author, craft, literature, poem, poetic-narrative, poetry, poets, verse, wisdom, writing

94 likes

#13

“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past, these personal experiences have to be forged with imagery and wisdom to find a universal resonance.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: anger, authors, pain, poetry, poets, themes, wisdom, writers, writing

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#14

“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: author, literature, observation, poet, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, writing

94 likes

#15

“A great literary classic should not require an introductory essay and ten pages of footnotes to be understood. It should require a human heart and a curious mind.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: authors, books, classics, criticism, fiction, literature, novels, reading, thoughts, writing

94 likes

#16

“Loneliness is a passive state. It is a compulsion when you are left on your own by others. Solitude, on the other hand, is a fully conscious choice that you make.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: choices, decisions, life, loneliness-quotes, philosophy, solitude, wisdom, wit

93 likes

#17

“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with a detached attitude that readers will find relatable, possibly universal, and also long-lasting, if not everlasting.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: detachment, philosophy, poetic-truth, poetry, poets, solitude, wisdom, writing

93 likes

#18

“Solitude has the potential to bring the best thoughts to you. When you are not involved in the emotional, entangled in the sentimental, and invested in the intellectual, you have the opportunity to assess everything from the outside.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: alone, detachment, life, loneliness, philosophy, solitude, spirituality, thoughts, wisdom, wit

93 likes

#19

“Solitude, when opted for by one after having a comprehensive experience of the world, makes the ground fertile for the rare union of wisdom and rhythm to generate some quality poetry!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: experience, philosophy, poet, poetry, solitude, wisdom, world, writing

92 likes

#20

“The pursuit of wisdom often leads down the path of solitude.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: life, path, philosophy, purpose, pursuit, solitude, wisdom

92 likes

#21

“Only a cold-hearted storyteller can narrate the warm exchanges of emotionally charged moments with conviction and accuracy!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: author, criticism, language, literature, narrative, poet, poetry, storytelling, writing

92 likes

#22

“Solitude is a powerful tool; the master who uses this tool must have courage, conviction, experience and vision!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: life, loneliness-or-solitude, philosophy, poetry, solitude, thoughts, wisdom, words, writing

92 likes

#23

“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. It lacks the aesthetic design, the nobility of purpose and the freedom to touch emotional and humane aspects of the literary work that appeal to the senses rather than the intellectual faculty.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: academic, aesthetics-of-fiction, criticism, dr-alok-mishra, higher-education, humanities, literary-criticism, literature, politics, university

91 likes

#24

“Literary criticism, to be precise, and when pursued beyond the boundaries of academic jargon, directly serves the collective consciousness of humanity! It should be carried out to encourage mass participation in the perusal of serious literature or to find seriousness even in the most playfully written literary works. Extending the hypothesis, every author has a thread or two hidden to conceal the life lessons that are layered beneath the entertaining episodes in the storyline. Readers, at large, given their busy and callous lifestyle bereaved of the aesthetic values, may conveniently ignore toiling to reveal those layers; it is, therefore, incumbent upon literary critics to make it happen!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: appreciation, consciousness, criticism, dr-alok-mishra, literary-criticism, literature, philosophy, thoughts, vision, writing

91 likes

#25

“Poetry is the rhythm composed in solitude and distributed to the masses.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: criticism, dr-alok-mishra, literature, philosophy, poem, poetry, rhythm, solitude, thoughts, writing

91 likes

#26

“Only if I knew
that knowing it would bring
a burden I could seldom carry
and ferry among those I know,
only to be rejected.
Who knows what I know?
Do I know if they know?
Who knows all those who know?”
― Alok Mishra, Thoughts Between Life and Death

tags: dr-alok-mishra, indian, knowledge, life, literature, poem, poetry, spiirtual, spirituality, wisdom

86 likes

#27

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”
― Alok Mishra

tags: books, creative, criticism, dr-alok-mishra, literature, poetry, poets, thoughts, truth, writing

59 likes

#28

“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the ink mystifies, poets tend to let their thoughts conjure a rhyme in tune with the extraordinary struggles of ordinary life.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: author, books, creative, criticism, dr-alok-mishra, literature, poem, poetry, time, writing

59 likes

#29

“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as a collective conscience.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: books, classics, creative, dr-alok-mishra, humanity, literature, reading, thoughts, vision, writing

56 likes

#30

“A new beginning is an illusion.
We continue.”
― Alok Mishra

tags: dr-alok-mishra, fact, life, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, spirituality, truth

56 likes

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