Ramachandra Rao Quotes & Sayings

Further, economic systems to which Marx gives primary importance, have never arranged themselves by themselves. It is men who do the ordering according to their attitudes, desires and understanding of things. Changes take place, not independent of man's will, but on account of man's wills. Civilization has progressed by man's interference with material conditions. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Right wins only when we dare and act. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

If the enemy know not where he will be attacked, he must prepare in every quarter, and so be everywhere weak. — Sun Tzu

Who takes the blame: the leader who talks of poverty but lives in luxury, or the poor who choose a leader of that type? — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Hallucinations and illusions are not facts useful for scientific investigation. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Positive secularism is not tolerance of all religions, but it is the total denial of religious beliefs: it is the emergence of homogeneous human outlook which is based upon verifiable facts of life. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real. Therefore, atheism shifts the basis of morality from faith in god to obligations of social living. Moral conduct is not a passport to heaven; it is social necessity. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

The language of theism which was familiar to the people, gave Gandhi the advantage of easy communication with the people, but it is atheistic in principle. It could have been the starting point for the atheistic movement in the modern age. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

The finest life is spent creating oneself, not procreating. — Natalie Clifford Barney

We respect law, when the law respects our needs. Whenever legality clashes with morality, legality should be opposed and morality should be upheld. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

That's such a great thing about New York, after growing up in a place and being there for twenty plus years, there's still a whole island to discover. — Steven Strait

I don't sit down to write a song, per se. — Creed Bratton

Sometimes there just isn't enough vomit in the world. — Stephen Fry

I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy. — John Magaro

Papa, please get the moon for me. — Eric Carle

Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten. She would break down later when she was alone, but neither he nor anyone else would ever see it. — Ilona Andrews

Satyagraha means insistence on what one knows to be the truth. The insistence implies the exercise of free will as the need of social obligation. If one is content to know the truth himself, he does not become a votary of Satyagraha. A Satyagrahi should not only know the truth but should insist upon it in social relations. So Satyagraha is activation of truthfulness. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he becomes socially conscious. Religious belief prevented the growth of a sense of realism. But atheism at once makes man realistic and alive to the needs of morality. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

The insistence on truthfulness does not disturb the freedom of the individual. The social obligation implied in Satyagraha turns the freedom of the individual into moral freedom. An atheist is free to say or to do what he likes, provided he does what he says and says what he does. So, in the context of social relations, the freedom of the individual is moral freedom. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Man's wisdom detracts from the glory of God, who is more honoured by the simplicity of the gospel, than luxuriance of wit. — Stephen Charnock

Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it encourages the individual to free himself from the impositions of custom, governmental authority, economic pressures, and cultural inhibitions. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao