Kasturi Tilakam Quotes & Sayings

Here's a curious fact about human beings: we have a really hard time realizing that something isn't there. — Josh Kaufman

Patriotism never demands obedience to the state but rather obedience to the principles of liberty. — Ron Paul

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion. — Marcus Aurelius

Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda's voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and even Alice Sebold, yet it's indelibly her own. — Dennis Lehane

Wilderness. The word itself is music. — Edward Abbey

If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking. — Carey Mulligan

Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments. — Benjamin Todd Jealous

The blog is also a way to continue to register what I see and hear in a day - no matter what the form. In fact, my blog is a complete mixture of forms. — Stephen Vincent Benet

Writing is not some quiet, closet act. — Patti Smith

A sense of worth is critical to counteracting the scarcity model of love and life. If we do not believe in our worth, we become disempowered, unable to advocate for our needs. We do not see or embrace the love that is actually around us in our lives. — Franklin Veaux