A. Parthasarathy > Quotes

“William Shakespeare: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“William Drummond wisely observes: He who cannot reason is a fool; he who will not is a bigot; he who dare not is a slave.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“People all over the world blindly follow the routine of their predecessors or mere peer pressure. You accept and do what others have done in the past or what they do at present.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Educational institutions therefore need to maintain an equable balance between acquisition of intelligence and developing an intellect.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“As impulsive actions displace discriminative actions one loses one’s sanity.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“The pressure of desires never ceases until you find your original Self. In truth, the purpose of human birth is to regain one’s primal nature.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“The mass of humanity craves indulgence in external objects and beings. People indiscriminately run after sensual pleasures of the world. Few attempt to think, analyse the nature of their pursuits of enjoyment.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“The Mountain and the Squirrel The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter “Little Prig.” Bun replied, “You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I’m not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry, I’ll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track; Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― A. Parthasarathy, Governing Business and Relationships

“Richness and poverty is actually determined by the equation between the wealth a person possesses and the desires he entertains.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Make sure the stimuli reaching your organs of perception are proper and conducive for your overall growth in life.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Holocaust of Attachment

“A person with a dull intellect is confused as to his role in the world. He fails to perform his obligatory duties and responsibilities.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Thinking is not something that comes to you naturally like respiration or perspiration. You must devote time and effort to question, reason and build your intellect.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Knowledge has to be drawn out of students. Not thrust into them.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Humanity has long disregarded the intellect. People have denied themselves the ability to think, reason independently. That has rendered humans helpless victims of the devastating mind. The once sovereign state of human beings has fallen into abject slavery to the mind’s endless desires and demands.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Your motto in life should be to strive, to struggle, not to succeed. Work well accomplished is the joy of life. Success or failure is immaterial. What really matters in life is your ability to adopt action to obligation. Your business lies in action alone, not in the reward accruing from it. Let not the anxiety for enjoying the fruit disturb the course of your action.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher, wisely advises all human beings: It is difficult to find happiness within oneself but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“The procedure for rehabilitation of the intellect needs to be undertaken by the individual, by the society and educational institutions throughout the world.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Due to the paucity of intellect people do not realise that it is through the discipline of regulated abstinence that one can really enjoy the world. Your intellect must constantly check and control indiscriminate indulgence.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“macrocosm applies equally to the microcosm. Every human being is subject to this law. It operates at the physical, mental and intellectual levels. If the physical body has gone through a proper discipline of yoga and exercise it would presently be hale and healthy. And if the body has had no proper physical training, been sensually indulgent it would be pale and sickly. Similarly, the flow of thoughts and emotions towards the positive or negative would determine the nature of the present inner personality. So what you are now is a result of what you have been doing in the past, dating back from this moment. And what you would be in the future would depend upon what you do from this moment. It is an irrefragable law. The above”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who bears eternal summer in his soul. Vedanta”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“You gain knowledge from teachers and textbooks. But wisdom you attain when your intellect reflects, contemplates upon the knowledge acquired.”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“Sattvik actor is not egoistic. Does not have the I-am-the-doer attitude. And is free from attachment. With no preferential relationship binding him to the world. Besides, a sattvik actor possesses steadfastness, dhriti and enthusiasm, utsaha. He is energetic, cheerful and joyful in what he does. And does it with consistency of purpose until the work is done. All along his course of activity he remains disinterested in the result thereof. Success or failure means nothing to him. He maintains a balance of mind through the fluctuations of life’s experiences.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“As you think so you become is a law of life. Thus when you constantly think of, feel for the body you identify with it, you become one with it. You believe you are the body. Thereafter, whatever happens to your body happens to you. So when your body is warm, you say ‘I am warm’. And when your body is cold, you say ‘I am cold’. Similarly, you identify with the mind and become one with it. And when your mind is happy, you say ‘I am happy’. When it is unhappy you say ‘I am unhappy’. Again, identifying with the intellect you say ‘I am brilliant, I am dull’, when your intellect is brilliant or dull. The body is bound to be affected by the heat or cold of the world outside. So is the mind affected by joy or sorrow. The intellect by honour or dishonour. But your Self within is immaculate. It remains ever unaffected by the attraction or repulsion of the changing world.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“All bliss lies within you.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“The plight of human beings is that they do not know their activities lack the support of thought, reason or judgement. The mass of humanity mechanically follows a routine pattern”
― A. Parthasarathy, The Fall of the Human Intellect

“distinguish the Eternal from the ephemeral.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“It is difficult to find happiness in oneself but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“Your Self is the theme of all religions. Preceptors and preachings cannot help you find It unless you enquire into yourself. External sources of knowledge can only set you thinking. But you must make good use of the scriptural knowledge by engaging your intellect to reflect independently upon the truths therein. Do not sell your liberty of reflection to spiritual personalities regardless of their merit. You must seek the truth yourself. The Godhead lies within you. Remove the veil of ignorance and revel in the supreme bliss that lies within. Not realising your inherent wealth you try in vain to find peace and joy in the external world. So the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson rightly quipped: Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities

“Keep your thoughts in your divine centre while you function in the world.”
― A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities