Swastik Pradhan

“By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’.¹ But secondly—and this is much more important—I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a
single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.”
― George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism

“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
― Confucius

“To those who wait
Only for flowers,
Show them a spring
Of grass amid the snow
In a mountain village.”
― Sen no Rikyū

“You are not a failure because you can’t keep up with laundry. Laundry is morally neutral.”
― KC Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help