The Asura Way Quotes

“Anger is a great tool. It is a wonderful servant but a bad master, so it should not control us. We should control and direct our anger to achieve our goals.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Anger is a measure of how much you love life. We rarely get angry about things in which we have no stakes at all. Anger is a natural emotion wired into us. It cannot be killed or curbed, and any attempt to do so will bring you stress and tension. The passive way to deal with anger is to weather it out, accepting it as fate. The negative way is to vent it out with darts or punching bags. The smart way is to channel the energy towards something productive that is related to finding your purpose and then fulfilling the same.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Let the negative thoughts come. Never fight them. Instead, wait for the chain of thoughts to finish and replace it with another image.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Some people have more intense struggles than others. I believe such trying circumstances are always actually opportunities to stick your neck out and achieve something significant.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Yaksha asked Yudhishthira, “What is the greatest wonder in this world?” Yudhishthira answered, “Every day, we see people die. And yet, every person lives his life as if he will not die.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Lakshmi carries a pot of coins in one of her four hands. This reminds you that once you achieve prosperity, let your hands overflow with generosity. In the second hand, she carries a white lotus. Visualise this. Let the wealth you achieve be as pure as this. In her third hand, she has a lotus bud. This indicates the future, reminding us that there are more good things to come. This signifies growth. The fourth hand of Lakshmi holds a conch. Proclaim your wealth and how you have made it based on dharma, ethics, and righteousness. Don’t hide it.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Remember the famous line from Dylan Thomas’s poem: Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Never demean oneself before others, for people will believe it. Even if one does not feel superior to others, one should act confident, supreme, and assertive. One need not bite, but one can always hiss. Everything depends on the context.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“If everything happens the way you want, either you are sitting under a Kalpavriksha, the “wish-fulfilling tree,” or you are smoking something potent. Things invariably go wrong in any project, process, or pursuit.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success

“Anger is a natural emotion. It is energy. It is the product of passion. It cannot be eliminated. The best we can do is to control it and channel it. Like fire, which can either consume us or be a useful tool.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Asura Way: The Contrarian Path to Success