Culture Quotes

“Fate. Free will. God. Three frames of reference that have sustained cultures for centuries. Three frames of reference that can never be proved or disproved.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology

“Every religion has a positive side that teaches love and inclusion, and a horrible side that celebrates hatred and exclusion.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology

“Everything that exists is a manifestation of the divine. And so nothing can be devoid of divinity. And so nothing can be evil.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology

“If one believed that current caste privileges were the result of merits earned in past life, then one would not spend this life exhausting merit. One would instead focus on accumulating merit.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology