Santhosh Guru

“What's the fun in standing in the outskirts of love and feeling superior? There's no shame in having got it wrong. Whereas its a shame when you don't even give yourself the chance of getting it right. Better to have loved and lost...”
― Priya Basil

“The pat on the back becomes more important than the music or the skating. One part of us becomes ever more committed to earning the pat on the back, while another subversive part—that we try to ignore—kicks and screams and resists the teacher’s authority. This is the part that gives us all kinds of excuses for not practicing.”
― Eloise Ristad, A Soprano on Her Head: Right-side-up reflections on life and other performances

“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings.”
― Charlie Wardle, Understanding & Building Confidence

“Do you see me as hero, villain or victim? If yes, then you are not doing darshan. If you can empathize with the fears that make people heroes, villains and victims, then you are doing darshan. For then you look beyond the boundaries that separate you from the rest.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, My Gita