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Civil disobedience3 quotes
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiples evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Civil disobedience... Becomes a sacred duty when the State has become lawless, or... Corrupt. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Happiness3 quotes
If you're happy in a dream... does that count? — Arundhati Roy · 1997Of all the calamities, all the sufferings, all the terrors of this world, the only principle is the feeling or love of the self: it must be renounced. — Shantideva · 700All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984Hurting others2 quotes
This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. — Arundhati Roy · 1997When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Literature2 quotes
Facts are slippery. The truth is imperfect. Fiction recognizes that. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way. — Salman Rushdie · 1990Seeking2 quotes
All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCThe world2 quotes
This is a great and terrible world. I never knew there were so many men alive in it. — Rudyard Kipling · 1901But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Adaptability1 quote
Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Art1 quote
I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied. — Julia Margaret Cameron · 1874Authenticity1 quote
A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti · 1970Autopilot1 quote
Man lives like a robot: mechanically efficient, but with no awareness. — Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) · 1976Beauty1 quote
I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied. — Julia Margaret Cameron · 1874Can vs. should1 quote
We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what computers should do. — Satya Nadella · 2018Change1 quote
Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Changing the world1 quote
But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Clash of civilizations1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Conditions for revolution1 quote
We are engaged in a spiritual war. We are not living in normal times. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1921Creativity1 quote
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. — Lawrence Durrell · 1958Delusion1 quote
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCDemocracy1 quote
No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy. — Amartya Sen · 1999Desire1 quote
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCDiversity of religion1 quote
In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1909Dominance and submission1 quote
In this world I would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep. — Tipu Sultan · 1800Dreams1 quote
If you're happy in a dream... does that count? — Arundhati Roy · 1997Drugs1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923East vs. West1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Elephant in the room1 quote
And the Air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Equanimity1 quote
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same. — Rudyard Kipling · 1910Family1 quote
This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Fear1 quote
He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Fighting for freedom1 quote
There is no easy walk-over to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow again and again before we reach the mountain-tops of our desire. — Jawaharlal Nehru · 1939