They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leaving everything else aside, you first have to establish communication between
yourself and the supreme power. As soon as the communication is established,
all your illusions will be shattered. And the one who doesn't have any "illusion",
who can stop him from mounting the pinnacle of success?
-Deep Trivedi
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
The end product of education should be a free, creative man, who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature.
True religion is not talk, or doctrines, or theories, nor is it sectarianism. It is the relation between soul and God.
The essence of the offering is that it be analogous to the sin, and that a man offer to God his desires and passions, for this is more acceptable than all.
Without an ever-present sense of death, life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.