Umesh Deshpande

“No one can be certain of Oppenheimer’s reaction had he learned that on the eve of the Hiroshima bombing, the president knew the Japanese were “looking for peace,” and that the military use of atomic bombs on cities was an option rather than a necessity for ending the war in August. But we do know that after the war he came to believe that he had been misled, and that this knowledge served as a constant reminder that it was henceforth his obligation to be skeptical of what he was told by government officials.”
― Kai Bird, American Prometheus: THE INSPIRATION FOR 'OPPENHEIMER', WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR

“जसं माझं वय वाढतंय तसा माझा ‘प्रेरणे’वरचा विश्वास वाढत चाललाय. मायक्रोसॉफ्टमधल्या लोकांचं संगीत आणि कलेवर आमच्याइतकं प्रेम नाहीये, म्हणूनच झून इतकं बकवास प्रॉडक्ट ठरलं. आम्ही जिंकलो कारण आमचं संगीतावर प्रेम आहे. आयपॉड आम्ही आमच्यासाठी बनवला आणि जेव्हा तुम्ही एखादी गोष्ट स्वत:साठी, जिवलग मित्रासाठी किंवा कुटुंबासाठी बनवता तेव्हा तुम्ही त्यात कुठलीही तडजोड करत नाही. जर तुमचं त्या गोष्टीवर प्रेम नसेल तर तुम्ही त्यासाठी जादाचे कष्ट घेणार नाही, सुट्टीच्या दिवशी काम करणार नाही आणि कुठलीही नवीन गोष्ट करणार नाही.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs : Exclusive Biography

“Just because you think it’s safe here, it doesn’t mean this is the right place for you, her heart countered. Sometimes where you feel most safe is where you least belong.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“A man must prepare the way beforehand, so that he may think of God in the hour of death. The way lies through constant practice. If a man practises meditation on God, he will remember God even on the last day of his life.”
― Ramakrishna, Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna