Srivatsa Krishna Quotes & Sayings

We tend to think that our age is the most apocalyptic of all. But imagine living in a shtetl in Eastern Europe in the late 1930s. Or during the First World War, amidst that unprecedented butchery. Or during the Black Death, when one-third of Europe's population died. Or in any number of places around the world assaulted by colonialism. The world is always ending, and every time there's a storyteller bearing witness. And if there isn't, then that world doesn't end, it's worse than that: It simply disappears. A place and a time that is not expressed in stories mostly vanishes from human consciousness. So yes, I do believe stories and their creators are still relevant. — Yann Martel

The person who sets fire to his neighbor's house is sinful, but so is the man who warms himself by the heat of the burning house. — Fr. Belet

people with weight issues often feel judged and attacked, partly because they spend so much time judging and attacking themselves. — Martha N. Beck

Every individual ought to travel on his or her own destiny path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Orion capsule uses an escape system quite like that of the Apollo spacecraft in the 1960s and 70s: an 'escape tower' containing a solid-fuel rocket that will pull it up and away from Ares I in a pinch. — Henry Spencer