Vijayadashami Quotes & Sayings

Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame. — Frank Herbert

In today's globalized world nothing is sure. Routines are falling; stereotypes are breaking. Life has never been as piquant as it is now. So go out of your way; leave your cocoon. Do that crazy thing and be happy you did it. — Ogwo David Emenike

Uhtred of Steapa - He might be dumb as a parsnip but he knows how to fight. — Bernard Cornwell

When we conceive a new idea we are thinking directly from the creativity of God. — Ernest Holmes

I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our concept of the richness in human capacity. — Ken Robinson

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it. — Helen Dunmore

When you see a person for the first time, you're not seeing him, but seeing yourself and your whole life in his mirror. — Debasish Mridha

You can hide things from the world, but you can never hide things from time. — Kim Dong Hwa

Everything you ever had, everything you ever lost. It's all there in the trumpet
pain and hate and trouble and peace and quiet and love. — Ann Petry