Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca the Younger
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
The horse who wins the race, but does not know the difference between dry and
green grass, for how long can he sustain himself in the race? Same is the case
with people who attain higher degrees or are scholars, but still do not understand
the realities of life.
-Deep Trivedi
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
-Robert Paul “Tad” Williams
Those who are pure in heart achieve God-consciousness; they are truly and actually aware of God at the centre of their being.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
-Irving Kristol
In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer.
-H. Norman Wright
No parallel can be drawn for human love. When an old person is spending his
time in loneliness, nobody bothers to check his well-being. But when he falls
sick, tens of people visit him in hospital and hundreds of people gather when he
dies.
-Deep Trivedi