Dipa Sanatani > Dipa's Quotes

“Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we can never know which one is which until we’ve loved them, left them, or fought them.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.”
― Richard Bach

“If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise.”
― Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story – A New York Times Bestselling Philosophical Memoir of Hope and Intimacy

“Ask people for help. You’ll be all right. Don’t worry. It’s a great adventure, your life, and it has only just begun…”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
― John Grisham

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
― Coco Chanel

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
― Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God

“She eyes me like a pisces.”
― Kurt Cobain

“You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance