Mriganka Roy

“আমার বৈজ্ঞানিক মনের একটা অংশ আক্ষেপ করছে যে, তাকে ভালো করে স্টাডি করা গেল না, তার বিষয়ে অনেক কিছুই জানা গেল না। সেইসঙ্গে আরেকটা অংশ বলছে যে, মানুষের সব জেনে ফেলার লোভের একটা সীমা থাকা উচিত। এমন কিছু থাকুক, যা মানুষের মনে প্রশ্নের উদ্রেক করতে পারে, বিস্ময় জাগিয়ে তুলতে পারে।”
― Satyajit Ray, The Final Adventures of Professor Shonku

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“যা পেয়েছি প্রথম দিনে সেই যেন পাই শেষে,
দু হাত দিয়ে বিশ্বেরে ছুঁই শিশুর মতো হেসে॥
যাবার বেলা সহজেরে
যাই যেন মোর প্রণাম সেরে,
সকল পন্থা যেথায় মেলে সেথা দাঁড়াই এসে॥
খুঁজতে যারে হয় না কোথাও চোখ যেন তায় দেখে,
সদাই যে রয় কাছে তারি পরশ যেন ঠেকে।
নিত্য যাহার থাকি কোলে
তারেই যেন যাই গো ব’লে—
এই জীবনে ধন্য হলেম তোমায় ভালোবেসে॥”
― পূজা / শেষ / রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর

“An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of enjoyment affords him the opportunity to obtain fulfillment in experiencing beauty, art, or nature. But there is also purpose in that life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man’s attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces. A creative life and a life of enjoyment are banned to him. But not only creativeness and enjoyment are meaningful. If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete. The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity—even under the most difficult circumstances—to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning