--- title: "1 Morons Quotes By R.K. Narayan" description: "1 Morons quotes by R.K. Narayan. Plus more from R.K. Narayan and more Morons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/r-k-narayan-20109_administration_this-education-has-reduced-us-to-a-natio_1917455.png" --- > [This education has reduced us to a nation of morons; we were strangers to our own culture and camp followers of another culture, feeding on leavings and garbage . . . What about our own roots? . . . I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/this-education-has-reduced-us-to-a-nation-of-morons-we-were-strangers/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/r-k-narayan-20109_administration_this-education-has-reduced-us-to-a-natio_1917455.png) ## More by R.K. Narayan > [Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/friendship-was-another-illusion-like-love-though-it-did-not-reach-the/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“If he(Mani) were Swaminathan, he would have closed the whole incident at the beginning by hurling an ink-bottle, if nothing bigger was available, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/if-he-mani-were-swaminathan-he-would-have-closed-the-whole-incident/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [You become writer by writing. It is a yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/you-become-writer-by-writing-it-is-a-yoga/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“Then there was Mani, the Mighty Good-For-Nothing. He towered above all the other boys of the class. He seldom brought any books to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/then-there-was-mani-the-mighty-good-for-nothing-he-towered-above-all/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“It was Monday morning. Swaminathan was reluctant to open his eyes. he considered Monday specially unpleasant in the calendar. After the delicious freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/it-was-monday-morning-swaminathan-was-reluctant-to-open-his-eyes-he/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/a-profound-unmitigated-loneliness-is-the-only-truth-of-life/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“What you see is my old shell; inside it’s all changed. You can’t share my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/what-you-see-is-my-old-shell-inside-it-s-all-changed-you-can-t-share/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“I came in several times and spoke, but perhaps you were asleep when I thought you were awake.' 'You are very considerate to explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/i-came-in-several-times-and-spoke-but-perhaps-you-were-asleep-when-i/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“Words have a knack of breeding more words, whereas laughter, a deafening, roaring laughter, has the knack of swallowing everything up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/words-have-a-knack-of-breeding-more-words-whereas-laughter-a/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of his well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/society-presses-upon-us-all-the-time-the-progress-of-the-last-half/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“He then explained his new philosophy, which followed the devastating discovery that Love and Friendship were the veriest illusions. He explained that people married…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/he-then-explained-his-new-philosophy-which-followed-the-devastating/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“It’s often said that God made man in His own image, it’s also true that man makes God in his own image.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/it-s-often-said-that-god-made-man-in-his-own-image-it-s-also-true/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“all causes of rivalry and clash are senseless and so need no defining or explanation ... Don’t ever fight. No cause is worth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/all-causes-of-rivalry-and-clash-are-senseless-and-so-need-no-defining/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“Every creature is born with a potential store of violence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/every-creature-is-born-with-a-potential-store-of-violence/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) > [“I shun all activities and you have none. You have freed yourself from all duties which had been forced on you. And so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-narayan/i-shun-all-activities-and-you-have-none-you-have-freed-yourself-from/) [R.K. Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-narayan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/morons/r-k-narayan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Morons Quotes By R.K. 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