Chitra > Chitra's Quotes

“Where there is a woman there is magic.”
― Ntozake Shange

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“Love is the space in which one finds the freedom to fly”
― Samarpan, Junglezen Sheru

“An ordinary teacher instructs and leaves his disciple, but a great teacher strives to make his disciple see reason by pushing him to his limits”
― Samarpananda, Junglezen Sheru

“There is no shortcut to success”
― Samarpan, Param

“Every great achievement has a small beginning”
― Samarpan, Param

“Move on...holding on to any one experience will limit you”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home

“Unselfishness is the key to success in higher life”
― Samarpan, Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices

“The act of concealing truth is known as ‘aavarana’, and that of projecting untruth is called ‘vikshepa’. When these occur at the level of an individual, it is known as ‘avidya’ and when they occur at the level of a group or the world, it is known as ‘maya’.”
― S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil

“Friends are a strange, volatile, contradictory, yet sticky phenomenon. They are made, crafted, shaped, molded, created by focused effort and intent. And yet, true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.

Best friends are formed by time.

Everyone is someone's friend, even when they think they are all alone.

If the friendship is not working, your heart will know. It's when you start being less than perfectly honest and perfectly earnest in your dealings. And it's when the things you do together no longer feel right.

However, sometimes it takes more effort to make it work after all.

Stick around long enough to become someone's best friend.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.”
― Criss Jami, Healology