Amish Tripathi quotes
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“The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when u simply don't bother about that person!”
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“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”
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“The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person.”
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“The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.”
-- Amish TripathiSource : Amish Tripathi (2012). “The Immortals of Meluha: The Shiva Trilogy”, p.100, Hachette UK
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“People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting”
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“A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.”
-- Amish TripathiSource : Amish Tripathi (2012). “The Immortals of Meluha: The Shiva Trilogy”, p.78, Hachette UK
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“I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, its advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo.”
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“Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.”
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“If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.”
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“I turned atheist in the 90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts... Mumbai, where I live, was badly affected. I blamed religion; also, extremists on both sides - right and left.”
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“As a writer, its important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God.”
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“I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.”
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“The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.”
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“The key question isn't 'What is Evil?' The key question is 'When does the Good become Evil?”
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“I don't believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the trees,in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time.all we need to do is listen.”
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“Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.”
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“There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be true in another context. After all, one's reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.”
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“Ati sarvatra varjayet: Excess of anything is bad. Some of us are attracted to Good. But the universe tries to maintain balance. So what is good for some may end up being bad for others... Agriculture is good for us humans as it gives us an assured supply of food, but it is bad for the animals that lose their forest and grazing land.”
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“There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist.”
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“Nature is not concerned about fairness, it only interested in efficiency.”
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“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”
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“It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.”
-- Amish TripathiSource : Amish Tripathi (2015). “The Shiva Trilogy: Omnibus”, p.661, Hachette UK
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“Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk.”
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“Civilization is very fragile, all it takes is a few decades of chaos for us to forget humanity and turn into animals. Our base natures can take over very fast. We can forget that we are sentient beings, with laws and codes and ethics.”
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“Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death everyday.”
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“Truth doesn't have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.”
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“his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it”
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“A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.”
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“A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother's womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev - All of us are Mahadev.”
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“It is your karma to fight evil. It doesn't matter if the people that evil is being committed against don't fight back. It doesn't matter if the entire world chooses to look the other way. Always remember this. You don't live with the consequences of other people's karma. You live with the consequences of your own”
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“Lord Manu had said it's not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.”
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“What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.”
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“Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself”
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“Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand,may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.”
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“I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.”
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“Truth is one, though the sages know it as many . God is one, though different religions approach Him differently Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus or any other form of God that you believe in . Our paths may be different. Our destination is the same.”
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“Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want”
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“No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.”
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“Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”
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“There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.”
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