Ravi Shankar quotes
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“Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.”
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“In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.”
-- Ravi ShankarSource : "Ravi Shankar Dead: Indian Sitar Virtuoso Dies At 92". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2012.
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“Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.”
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“Enlightenment is the journey back from the head to the heart.”
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“Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing; a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come...believe in them. They reflect your true nature.”
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“Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually, it is easier than for someone who thinks that they are special.”
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“There cannot possibly be a god in heaven watching all of this calmly.”
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“What Sri Chinmoy does is God-given! He has a tremendous, a fantastic creative urge.”
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“Irony is the hygiene of the mind.”
Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”
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“In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.”
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“The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.”
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“I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II”
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