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- I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from…
- Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away,…
- The fact is that we have many superstitions, many bad spots and sores on our body - these have to be excised, cut off, and…
- The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.
- To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read,…
- Beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own…
- It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need…
- It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will…
- Ours is the only religion that does not depend on a person or persons; it is based upon principles. At the same time there is…
- Love makes no distinction between man and man, between an Aryan and a Mlechchha, between a Brâhmana and a Pariah, nor even between a man…
- Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this is a reaction…
- The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
- Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find…
- Those reformers who preach against image-worship, or what they denounce as idolatry - to them I say "Brothers, if you are fit to worship God-without-form…
- Materialism has come to the rescue of India in a certain sense by throwing open the doors of life to everyone, by destroying the exclusive…
- The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as a bond thrown…
- Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round in fear lest…
- The sum total of all the cells in an organism is one person; so each soul is like one cell and the sum of them…
- Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.
- Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a man. From attachment longing, and from longing anger grows.
- I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and…
- It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.
- So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not…
- Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We must have life-building,…
- All work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there, to wake up the soul. The power is inside…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster