Tiya Quotes

“Move on...holding on to any one experience will limit you”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home

“Dituntun oleh masa laluku, didorong oleh keberadaanku, aku terbang mencari sesuatu yang tak kuketahui. Antusiasme, rasa ingin tahu, dan harapan menemaniku.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home

“You are much more than what you think you are, and you can achieve much more than you are achieving now.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Wajar bagi anak burung dan binatang lain diberi makan oleh ibu mereka, tapi raja dan ratu tampaknya tak pernah dewasa, mereka menuntut diberi makan oleh yang lain seumur hidup. Kemandirian adalah sesuatu yang tak pernah mereka lakukan atau pelajari”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home

“one felt great in the presence of the great.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“watching could be better fun than joining in the game.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“When frustration combines with aversion, the result is complete detachment.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Events come of their own – although one wrongly thinks that these can be shaped or directed by individuals. What you can really control is your reactions to them.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“People do not really survive here, they only think that they survive – more dead than alive.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Words give birth to words, and action gives birth to action – the cycle continues.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Always tell others to do what you actually don’t do yourself. This is the secret of teaching,”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“If one wanted to be successful, one had to mould the circumstances according to one’s needs.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“The weak make laws, while the strong interpret them.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Involvement is the key to life, existence, joy and suffering. And once you are out, you are out.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“All of us are shaped by our experiences and understanding of them.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“My life, my happiness, my freedom – everything now depended on my effort.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“knowledge without accomplishment is pain’.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“the truth of ‘ignorance is bliss’, and that it is ignorance that makes life go on smoothly.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“alone was responsible for the bitter and sweet experiences of my life – the joys and miseries, smiles and tears, pleasure and pain. They were all like the waves of the mighty ocean – unable to touch the depths.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“When you are too eager, your troubles get bigger.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“The ordinary must pose to look extraordinary – to feel and appear important is the biggest thrill. That is what makes life go on.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Nearly all acts of charity, kindness and service are like this. You first place someone in a problem, and then dive in to save him.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Words will draw you into action, and action will lead you to involvement. You”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“clear reasoning gives clear understanding, which in turn gives a firm resolve.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“what was the fun in drinking the same nectar day after day?”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Stay indifferent. Involvement kills, indifference frees.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“if one delayed one’s reactions just for a moment, a lot of calamities could be avoided.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“Experience gives knowledge, and knowledge is strength. Strength is peace, and I was at peace.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“People do not realise that the best way to make a person bow his head is to praise him.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home

“It is a funny thing about memory that whenever one is in a crisis, every bit of information associated with it rushes to the front.”
― Samarpan, Tiya: A Parrot's Journey home