Venkata Mohan > Quotes

“In any power-relationship, the ruled do want to change the situation to their advantage.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“Men are not equal. The gifted should rule and the mediocre should follow; kindness or concern for others only pulls down the gifted from reaching their potential; when they don’t reach their potential growth, society loses.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“Those who reject both the goals and the means for the sake of their conscience, because they judge them to be of a wrong kind, are rebels. Their response is called rebellion.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“A man may steal, murder to earn, to accumulate but in the end only to give—to his daughter, to his wife or to his lover.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“As a poet said, “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night; God said, Let Newton be, and all was light.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“Man hurts others—be it friends, neighbors, colleagues—fully knowing that hurt would be reciprocated. Men go to battles fully knowing the costs. Man seeks as much pain. He is nearly masochistic and suicidal.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“We should follow strict silence in a library. If we are not silent, it will disturb others, which will affect their learning. By not being silent, we become responsible for others’ ignorance.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“What is audible to some is inaudible to others. What is visible to some is invisible to others. As there is more similarity of the senses, there is more similarity across their life-worlds. The life-world of a bat is closer to that of another bat rather than that of a snake.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“there are two reasons why people have the impression that they share a common world. The first is that life-world is related to the realworld; the second is that they have similarly-working senses.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“According to Parsons, when doctors love their patients, not only the system of medical care but also of family may get affected. “If the doctor were to become involved in personal relationship with his patients, his relationships with his own wife and friends might be jeopardized.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” said Newton. Standing on the shoulders of giants and seeing beyond was Newton’s way of synthesizing. What was Parsons’? It is a simple collection of many observations. Not that at this stage a Newton is not possible; just that Parsons is not a Newton. Merton should know.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“In a poem by Rumi, a woman rejects the ‘I love you’ statement from a man, saying that ‘if you truly love me, you shouldn’t exist and only I should exist’; his love was accepted only when his ‘I’ got lost in her. Osho comments the poem is wrong: when ‘I’ is lost, ‘You’ also is lost—both coming from the same processes—so, he wouldn’t return!”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“We should check for the biases in knowledge just as we check a data disk for viruses. But bias-free knowledge is not possible, just as finding all possible viruses is not possible. Sociology of knowledge is relevant, just as anti-virus software is, though imperfect.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“Merton was not against theory-building. He didn’t say that we should collect facts first and do theory-building later. He said both should go together.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“The scientist in the movie ‘Matrix’, to create a man-resembling computer, introduces ‘love’ in the machine.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy

“Nobody is ‘bad’; to be so is biologically impossible! Like waking requires sleeping, taking requires giving.”
― Venkata Mohan, Sociological Thought, In the Light of J.Krishnamurti's Philolosophy