Vishakha Prasad Quotes & Sayings

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see. — Alberto Giacometti

The least among the sadhus, saints and monks and other people of God is worthier than you. Never speak ill of them — Radhe Maa

Besides, often at difficult moments you'll catch yourself talking to the mountain, flattering it, cursing it, making promises or threats. And you will have the impression that the mountain answers you if you speak to it properly - by becoming gentler, more submissive. Don't think the less of yourself for that; don't be ashamed of behaving like those our specialists call primitives and animists. Just keep in mind, when you remember these moments later on, that your dialogue with nature was just the outward image of an inner dialogue with yourself. — Rene Daumal

One of the most damaging myths of our time is that poor countries live in poverty because of a conspiracy of the rich countries, who arrange things so as to keep them underdeveloped, in order to exploit them. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

With my size and speed, my ability to make moves and great vision, I'm sometimes feel like it's an unfair advantage over the defense. — LaDainian Tomlinson

Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers. — Paul Newman

Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing. Hereby, — Benjamin Franklin

Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best a more than usually safe form of political organization ... But if it is to work better as well as merely longer, it must have some leavening effect on human nature; and the sincere democrat is obliged to assume the power of the leaven. [Progressive] — Herbert Croly

I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is still there. — Eartha Kitt

Detroit had an accumulated debt of $20 billion, including a $9 billion debt with the public workers pension plans. The fact Puerto Rico and Detroit, showcased many similarities, led to speculation about the real possibility of the island's fiscal collapse. In Puerto Rico's case, at that point, the debt amounted to $71.3 billion and the local economy's structural problems were very similar to those in Detroit. The effects of the end of Section 936 in the island, the eventual economic stagnation, and the public debt, professional's emigration, and the continued reduction of the tax base have generated a sort of spiral fall. — Gustavo Velez

People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they are merely incidental, not the essence of the matter. Philosophy is about subtilizing and tuning up the coherence and acuity of one's seeing, it is about opening new dimensions for insight, learning to think about what one is doing when one thinks instead of just blundering through the processes of putting thoughts together. — Kenny Smith

With the softest hand, you can shape the hardest rocks! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes. — Steven Wright

I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. — Henry Rollins