Amish Tripathi

“It is attachment that makes people forget not only their moral duties but even who they really are.”

— Amish Tripathi

I never thought my ideas would actually get published.

— Amish Tripathi

Anuj Bahari has always been a really good literary agent for me. What a good agent does is that he manages many…

— Amish Tripathi

My father's family hails from Banaras. My grandfather taught mathematics at Banaras Hindu University. Banaras is also dedicated to Lord Shiva, home…

— Amish Tripathi

“You have behaved in an exemplary manner until now. Even when you could have gained by doing something wrong, you refrained from…

— Amish Tripathi

“When the gardeners are good, the flower will bloom.”

— Amish Tripathi

“What is 108 times the diameter of the Earth? The diameter of the Sun. I am the Sun God!”

— Amish Tripathi

Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will…

— Amish Tripathi

“It was said that similar tribes lived farther to the west of Pariha. One of their biggest and most ancient settlements was…

— Amish Tripathi

I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, it's advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo.

— Amish Tripathi

Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak…

— Amish Tripathi

“conversational journey to find knowledge makes attaining it that much more satisfying,”

— Amish Tripathi

The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you…

— Amish Tripathi

“Hate is not the opposite of Love. It is apathy.”

— Amish Tripathi

“You will need to be mature and pragmatic. You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to…

— Amish Tripathi

“Valour begot respect, whether in life or in the aftermath of death.”

— Amish Tripathi

I turned atheist in the '90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts... Mumbai, where I live, was…

— Amish Tripathi

A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how…

— Amish Tripathi

Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the…

— Amish Tripathi

With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people…

— Amish Tripathi

Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death everyday.

— Amish Tripathi

Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want

— Amish Tripathi

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.

— Amish Tripathi

The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities…

— Amish Tripathi

I think it's a fallacy to say that a good book sells itself. It doesn't happen. I'm a voracious reader and I…

— Amish Tripathi