Jain Quotes & Sayings

Then there were the people. Assamese, Jats, and Punjabis; people from Rajasthan, Bengal, and Tamil Nadu; from Pushkar, Cochin, and Konarak; warrior caste, Brahmin, and untouchable; Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Parsee, Jain, Animist; fair skin and dark, green eyes and golden brown and black; every different face and form of that extravagant variety, that incomparable beauty, India. — Gregory David Roberts

You may be Catholic or Protestant or Buddhist or Baptist or Muslim or Mormon or Jewish or Jain, or you have no religion at all. I'm not interested in your religious background. Because God did not create the universe for us to have religion. He came for us to have a relationship with him. — Rick Warren

FACT FILE Excess salt can cause water retention and increase blood pressure. Restrict salt to 6 g, roughly about 1 teaspoon, per day. Substitute extra salt with herbs and spices such as oregano, basil, coriander and parsley, or use seasonings like lemon, garlic or pepper. — Namita Jain

It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills. — Naveen Jain

As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space. — Naveen Jain

I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet. — Naveen Jain

Every night she breaks your heart, and yet every morning you love her more. If that's not enough, nothing will be! — Sarvesh Jain

I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter. — Naveen Jain

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic. — Naveen Jain

As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life. — Naveen Jain

You can be vulnerable to the right person and still feel incredibly safe. — Sarvesh Jain

Why do two people who love each other has to live under the same roof? They're under the same sky. Isn't that enough? — Sarvesh Jain

In the world we live, either everyone is stupid or no one is. — Sarvesh Jain

Being happy makes you look beautiful, no matter what logo you wearing — Sarvesh Jain

Don't try to make life fair, instead, be on the side where life is extra good. — Sarvesh Jain

If you think by comparing them you're making them inspire, you couldn't be more wrong. — Sarvesh Jain

May not now, may not today' may not tomorrow either. But one day your every ounce of effort will be recognised and rewarded — Sarvesh Jain

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If you think you've the most wicked sense of humour, try life! — Mita Jain

Not getting a straight answer is a straight answer. — Sarvesh Jain

The money will always be a problem even if you're a multi-billionaire. Be happy with what you do. — Sarvesh Jain

Being single is hard, and it gets harder and harder every day. But sooner or later you'll be happy, independent, wise, strong and everything. Because you've learned lessons in a better way. In a harder way. — Sarvesh Jain

At the end of the day we can't be that selfish to accept the love they think we deserve. — Sarvesh Jain

I do not count what I fetch from Life, I do count what I give it in return — Sarvesh Jain

The life of a real adult is not a life everyone is made for. Some people never grow up. — Sarvesh Jain

People have a courage to die, but don't have a courage to live. — Sarvesh Jain

Lack of strength is alright, lack of confidence is what we should be worried about. — Sarvesh Jain

The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference. — Naveen Jain

You're not crazy for loving someone who doesn't love you back. You're awesome. Keep loving. — Sarvesh Jain

Whole worlds' darkness is not enough to dark the blaze of a candle.. — Sarvesh Jain

Remind yourself every now and again that you can and will do better than your past & present performance. — Sarvesh Jain

Jab tumhara time ayega, ladka bhi mil jayega. (Hindi for 'A boy will come when it's your time to find him.") — Anita Jain

When was the last time you kissed somebody new. If you can tackle that fear, you've nothing to fear. — Sarvesh Jain

The best we can do is, treat people with sincere respect. Staying is their choice. If they want to leave, they've every right to. — Sarvesh Jain

What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way. — Naveen Jain

Love is just a mask. All we search is a Comfort, Acceptance. Consolation. Affirmation. Assurance. Indulgence. Isolation. Absolution and Remission. — Sarvesh Jain

Every day you spend becoming an expert in a field, you become more useless in that field. — Naveen Jain

'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet. — Naveen Jain

No matter how much you're tempted or provoked to speak. Never speak where you don't need to. — Sarvesh Jain

It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem. — Naveen Jain

Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government. — Naveen Jain

If you can explain, then it's not the Dream. The dream can never be put into words, it can only be felt through the heart — Sarvesh Jain

Sometimes you don't have to look deep to cherish beauty. — Sarvesh Jain

Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready. — Naveen Jain

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Everyone you meet is hurt, broken and fighting a hard battle. Please don't be an ass. — Sarvesh Jain

The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom. — Naveen Jain

Health care is at the beginning of a dialogue with the world ... as health care providers, we have to ask ourselves this question: What stories are we not hearing? — Sachin H. Jain

He said he'll be there. And he did. Stuff like this is so rare. — Sarvesh Jain

Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide. — Naveen Jain

Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand. — Naveen Jain

I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children. — Naveen Jain

Love might come again, Surely Dreams Never. — Sarvesh Jain

If you think that it would be impossible to improve upon the Ten Commandments as a statement of morality, you really owe it to yourself to read some other scriptures. Once again, we need look no further than the Jains: Mahavira, the Jain patriarch, surpassed the morality of the Bible with a single sentence: 'Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being.' Imagine how different our world might be if the Bible contained this as its central precept. Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of a theologically defensible reading of the Bible. — Sam Harris

The Soul is neither a Jain nor a Vaishnav. The Soul is Vitarag (free from attachment). This is the religion of the Vitarag (the enlightened ones). — Dada Bhagwan

Blood doesn't speak of its owner. — Mita Jain

If you've to keep your mouth shut, then keep your mouth shut, no matter what you're feeling. — Sarvesh Jain

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine. — Naveen Jain

Don't let anyone discourage you. Let alone your parents. — Sarvesh Jain

The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected. This belief forms the basis of the doctrine of ahimsa, which has been translated into English variously as "reverence for life," "nonviolence," and "dynamic compassion." — Nathaniel Altman

My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck. — Naveen Jain

Not necessarily what's tough for you is tough for everyone. — Sarvesh Jain

And it shall come to pass, in the days when the Dark Hunt rides, when the right hand falters and the left hand strays, that mankind shall come to the Crossroads of Twilight and all that is, all that was, and all that will be shall balance on the point of a sword, while the winds of the Shadow grow.

-From The Prophecies of the Dragon translation believed done by Jain Charin, known as Jain Farstrider, sheortly before his disapperance — Robert Jordan

As the nicknames get shorter, people come closer. — Mita Jain

You should believe in prayers, even though there is no guarantee of success. Just like Love. — Sarvesh Jain

A man with power can do little things. A man with a plan can do many things. A man with patience can do twice as many things. But only a man with perseverance can do everything. — Sarvesh Jain

Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place. — Naveen Jain

Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could spend actually launching your business and seeing if the idea floats. Launching gives you real, solid feedback, instead of the imaginary 'what if' scenarios dreamed up in a conference room. — Naveen Jain

She says she can read my eyes before I speak the words. — Mita Jain

Love is not a Subject, but it has some great lessons..! — Sarvesh Jain

Do Everything You Love — Sarvesh Jain

Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game? — Naveen Jain

No, he wasn't a Jain, thought the Swede, but he might as well have been - he was just as pathetically and naively nonviolent. The idiocy of the uprightness of the goals he had set. — Philip Roth

People, at least a few like me, have this weird tendency of running away from things when they are their own, and racing after them obsessively when they are gone. — Mita Jain

Is this the only goal of our life? Joy is not the goal; it is the square one of your life. — Jeetendra Jain

No matter how much you nourish, the flower blossoms in its own time. Just like people. — Sarvesh Jain

If you're too afraid to make mistakes and blunders, then better stay at your 6 by 6 cell and follow the one who is ready to make. — Sarvesh Jain

You should be able to quit ten things you're good at to master one thing you're best at. — Sarvesh Jain

Think so big, so audacious that people will think you are crazy. — Naveen Jain

The difference between lonely and lovely is only of one single alphabet. That single alphabet is called Friends. — Sarvesh Jain

After all these years, he stood humbled and she stood corrected. Tara's eyes were downcast as she looked at the distance between them. If he had taken a step towards her, she was sure she could take a million too. — Mita Jain

We all do stuff we think is right. Irrespective rules, drama or money. — Sarvesh Jain

Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve so much more, at unmatched scale with software and interactive learning. — Naveen Jain

You can cage their wings, you can't cage their spirit. — Sarvesh Jain

It doesn't make your argument correct, just because you're saying it out loud. — Sarvesh Jain

Insecurity is gender neutral. Insecurity comes at various levels with power and position. — Aparna Jain

Love is...when you fall for the person inside the person...and keep falling — Raj Jain

We are the Sublime Radiance, the Star of India, and the Sun of Glory," said the emperor, who knew a thing or two about flattery himself, "yet we were raised in that shit-hole dump of a town where men fuck women to make babies but fuck boys to make them men- raised watching out for the attacker who worked from behind as well the warrior straight ahead ... Is that how a king should be raised, Bhakti Ram Jain?" the emperor roared, tipping over the basin in his wrath. "Illiterate, ass-guarding, savage- is that what a prince should be? — Salman Rushdie

He shrank from even the smallest things that inclined towards self indulgence. He would not remain alone with a lady.

{On Jain scholar Virchand Gandhi} — Moncure D. Conway

True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities. — Naveen Jain

I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. — Naveen Jain

Just because you've a best Insurance, doesn't mean you've to collide intentionally. — Sarvesh Jain

If I've learned one thing about a woman: they'll get over every damn single tragedy without losing the charm of their smile. — Sarvesh Jain

We are just good friends. This sentence is enough to destroy at least one person. — Sarvesh Jain

There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential. — Naveen Jain

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces. — Naveen Jain

Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity. — Naveen Jain

Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be put 'into shape' for optimal learning. — Naveen Jain

Suddenly, Olver felt a deep warmth. He had lost so many peolpe, but one of them ... one ... had come back for him. — Robert Jordan

Destroy the one who thinks you can be destroyed. You're invincible. Nothing destroys you. Nothing. — Sarvesh Jain

I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you're trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people. — Naveen Jain