Ankit

“Traditionally, meditation students were taught first how to approach the technique, then how to practise it, before finally learning how to integrate the techniques into their everyday lives.”
― Andy Puddicombe, The Headspace Guide to: Mindfulness & Meditation

“We are exterminating the bourgeoisie as a class. It is not necessary during the interrogation to look for evidence proving that the accused opposed the Soviets by word or action. The first question which you should ask him is what class does he belong to, what is his origin, his education and his profession. These are the questions which will determine the fate of the accused. Such is the sense and the essence of red terror.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

“The report first carefully outlined the arguments for and against linguistic states. It urged a ‘balanced approach’ which recognized ‘linguistic homogeneity as an important factor conducive to administrative convenience and efficiency’ yet not ‘as an exclusive and binding principle, over-riding all other considerations’. Among these other considerations were, of course, the unity and security of India as a whole.33”
― Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy