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“The Shadow. It cannot be grasped. Chase your shadow and it will, flee; turn your back on it and it will follow you. It is also a person’s dark side, the thing that makes them mysterious. After they have given us pleasure, the shadow of their withdrawal makes us yearn for their return, much as clouds make us yearn for the sun.”
― The Art of Seduction
― The Art of Seduction
“But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.”
― The Rommel Papers
― The Rommel Papers
“In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.”
― Generalship: Its Diseases And Their Cure: A Study Of The Personal Factor In Command
― Generalship: Its Diseases And Their Cure: A Study Of The Personal Factor In Command
“The fear of losing can make a calm mind restless”
― CHAKRAVYUH - Through the Eyes of the Young Warrior
― CHAKRAVYUH - Through the Eyes of the Young Warrior
“Suddenly Yudhisthira saw a yaksha approaching him. The being sat in front of him and began firing questions rapidly at him.
What is bigger than the Earth? the yaksha asked.
"A mother" replied Yudhisthira.
What is taller than the sky?
"A father"
What is faster than the wind?
"The mind , of course". Yudhisthira smiled.
What grows faster than hay?
"Worry"
What is the greatest dharma in the world? queried the yaksha
"Compassion and conscience"
With who is friendship never-ending?
"With good people" responded Yudhisthira patiently.
What is the secret to never feeling unhappy?
"If one can control his or her mind, then that person will never feel sad"
The yaksha increase his pace now.
What is the greatest kind of wealth.
"Education"
What is the greatest kind of profit?
"Health"
What is the greatest kind of happiness?
"Contentment" said Yudhisthira, ever prompt with his replies.
What is man's worst enemy?
"Anger"
What disease will never have a cure?
"Greed is incurable"
The yaksha smiled again. A last question my friend. What is life's biggest irony?
"It is the desire to live eternally. Every day, we encounter people dying but we always think that death will never come to us.”
― The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata
What is bigger than the Earth? the yaksha asked.
"A mother" replied Yudhisthira.
What is taller than the sky?
"A father"
What is faster than the wind?
"The mind , of course". Yudhisthira smiled.
What grows faster than hay?
"Worry"
What is the greatest dharma in the world? queried the yaksha
"Compassion and conscience"
With who is friendship never-ending?
"With good people" responded Yudhisthira patiently.
What is the secret to never feeling unhappy?
"If one can control his or her mind, then that person will never feel sad"
The yaksha increase his pace now.
What is the greatest kind of wealth.
"Education"
What is the greatest kind of profit?
"Health"
What is the greatest kind of happiness?
"Contentment" said Yudhisthira, ever prompt with his replies.
What is man's worst enemy?
"Anger"
What disease will never have a cure?
"Greed is incurable"
The yaksha smiled again. A last question my friend. What is life's biggest irony?
"It is the desire to live eternally. Every day, we encounter people dying but we always think that death will never come to us.”
― The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata
Abhishek’s 2024 Year in Books
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