Sunetra Sastry Quotes & Sayings

In time, the Deity perceived that death was a mistake; a mistake, in that it was insufficient; insufficient, for the reason that while it was an admirable agent for the inflicting of misery upon the survivor, it allowed the dead person himself to escape from all further persecution in the blessed refuge of the grave. This was not satisfactory. A way must be conceived to pursue the dead beyond the tomb.
The Deity pondered this matter during four thousand years unsuccessfully, but as soon as he came down to earth and became a Christian his mind cleared and he knew what to do. He invented hell, and proclaimed it. — Mark Twain

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things. — Timothy Ferriss

Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there ... If you're working correctly, the feeling doesn't wander about. — Christopher Alexander

Take from the Bible the Godship of Christ, and it would be but a heap of dust. — Henry Ward Beecher

A million tomorrows shall all pass away 'ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today. — Randy Sparks

Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A single wise word bringing peace to the listener is worth more than a thousand speeches of empty words. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If you're from Africa, why are you white? — Amanda Seyfried

Devoutly the teachers point out huge fumigated domes; but beneath the statues there's no love, no love beneath the eyes set in crystal. Love is there, in flesh ripped by thirst, in the tiny hut struggling against the flood; love is there, in ditches where snakes of hunger wrestle, in the sad sea that rocks dead gulls, and in the darkest stinging kiss under pillows. — Federico Garcia Lorca

From now on I'm thinking only of me."
Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way."
"Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I? — Joseph Heller

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many. — Ulysses S. Grant

I am always a great fan of keeping things on an eye level for comedy because it plays better. — James Bobin