Category: Quotes

What does it take to create a revolution?

Courtesy, The three types of specialist, this excerpt from a passage of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Bluebeard” (emphasis added): Slazinger claims to have learned from history that most people cannot open their minds to new ideas...

Quote of the Week: Tagore on Islam and Christiantity

Thanks to Sh@sgurumurthy (for the quote) & @rajudasonline (for the source and the image) & @Jaiho_Vijayho (for the English translation): From Rabindra Rachanavali Vol 24, see page 375, last para: There are two religions...

On Politics and Income..

This is a quote that I cam across over a decade back but I feel it’s even more relevant today. It is from Minoo Masani, truly India’s forgotten liberal: To participate in political work,...

“Be perfectly resigned…”

“Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self, forget it, just let GOD...

Thought for the Week

A quote from Sri Aurobindo: Politics is the work of the kshatriya. It is the qualities of the kshatriya we India needs to cultivate if we are to be fit for freedom…What India needs...