Raavan Quotes

“If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Yes. It’s very difficult to be calm and centred if your entire focus is on that. For karma is action in the hope of something in return. Like, if you give charity to someone, you expect at least respect in return. It’s a transaction. And if the result of your actions is not what you expected, you feel let down and become unhappy. Even worse, if the karma you get in return for your actions is, in fact, what you expected, you discover that the happiness you derive from it is fleeting. If dissatisfaction is guaranteed, how can you find peace of mind?’ ‘How?’ ‘Simply by Being what you are meant to Be.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Nobility without capability is limiting, it only results in good theory.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Be clear about what you want. But hide it well. It will help you get what you want.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“People respond to stress in much the same way. Those who are soft on the inside become harder with the right amount of stress, and those who are hard on the inside become softer. If you think about it this way, then the right amount of stress becomes necessary to balance your character. Too much stress is not good—it may break you. But no stress is not good either. You need the right amount of stress to balance your character and make you grow.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Refusing to believe the truth doesn’t make it any less true.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Always remember why we are strong, why we are successful. Because we don’t fool ourselves that we are honourable or good. We know who we are. We accept it. We embrace it. That’s why we beat everyone. That’s why we will continue to beat everyone.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“All of us have been through times when life seemed unfair. In such situations, we can choose to see ourselves as victims and blame the rest of the world. We can drown ourselves in the false comfort of knowing we are not responsible for our difficulties and expect others to change our lives. Or, we can pick ourselves up. Be strong. And fight the world.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“When two elephants fight, the grass gets trampled”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“But karma should not be the centre of our lives. If we truly discover our Being, our Swatatva, and live in consonance with what we are meant to be, then everything becomes easy. We don’t have to try hard to carry out our karma. Because we will not do anything in the vain hope of something else. We will do it simply because it is in consonance with our Being. With what we were born to Be.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“When you fill a clogged drain with more water than it can hold, it’s bound to overflow and contaminate everything around it. When grief overwhelms someone, when they are enraged at what fate has done to them, their fury often overflows and is inflicted upon the world.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“He had read somewhere that there was nothing worse than unrequited love. But they were wrong. There was something worse: Unrequited love that was not even aware of it being one-sided.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“But this is the way I see it: There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“The diameter of the sun was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the earth. The average distance from the sun to the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the sun. The average distance of the moon from the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the moon. There were several other examples of this number appearing almost magically in the universe. Over time, it had been incorporated into many rituals. For instance, it was recommended that a mantra be chanted a hundred and eight times.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“should we kidnap her?"
"she's a goddess what is wrong with you?”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Everyone is struggling. I suppose we must try to understand and learn rather than judge”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Yes she lied to you but she didn't lie to most important person i.e. herself”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“But chess is a representation of real life. How you play chess says a lot about how you live as well.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“That’s something for another story, another book.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“In the field of dharma, intentions matter as much, if not more, than the act itself.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu; Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“जीवन प्रत्येकाशी अन्यायानेच वागतं. सिखी बुद्ध म्हणाले तसं, दुःख हे जीवनाचे मूलभूत सत्य आहे. या भ्रामक जगाचा कानाकोपरा व्यापलेल्या दुःखापासून सुटका नाही. हे मूलभूत सत्य स्वीकारणे ही त्याच्यावर विजय मिळवण्याची पहिली पायरी आहे.’ ‘प्रत्येकाची लढाई चालू आहे...मला वाटतं आपण चूक बरोबर असा निवाडा करण्यापेक्षा समजून घेतलं पाहिजे आणि शिकलं पाहिजे.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta (Marathi) - Raavan : Aryavartaca Shatru (Ram Chandra Series)

“Kaikesi’s face was a mixture of helplessness and resignation. Many years later,”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta

“Jai Shri Rudra… Jai Parshu Ram… Jai Shri Rudra… Jai Parshu Ram. Glory to Lord Rudra. Glory to Lord Parshu Ram.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta

“When extraordinary good fortune of overwhelming Glory comes to a person, Retreating misfortune increases the power of its Sorrows.’ – Kalhana, in Rajatarangini”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta

“On that particular day, Kaikesi was visiting the Koneshwaram temple with a sense of purpose. She knew that Vishwamitra was in the city, en route to Sigiriya. Many years ago, she had met both Vishwamitra and his right-hand man Arishtanemi, at Vishrava’s ashram. While the meeting with Vishwamitra had been all too brief, she had spent considerable time with Arishtanemi and had even started thinking of him as her brother. She had used her influence with him to wrangle a meeting with Vishwamitra. The fact that Kaikesi’s own family, especially her grandfather, had once been a close friend of Vishwamitra’s father, King Gaadhi, was not mentioned. With good reason”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Yes, she lied to you but she didn,t lied to the most important person i.e. Herself - Raavan”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

“Nine of them exhibited the navrasas, or nine major emotions, as described in the Natyashastra: love, laughter, sorrow, anger, courage, fear, disgust, wonder and tranquillity. The tenth face, in the centre, had no expression at all. A blank slate.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta