Sivachandran Paramasivam > Sivachandran's Quotes

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do not expect full realization; simply practice every day of your life." A healthy person is not perfect but perfectible, not a done deal but a work in progress. Staying healthy takes discipline, work, and patience, which is why our life is a journey and perforce a heroic one.”
― David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

“An affair is a destructive and inarticulate response to a feeling of disappointment.”
― The School of Life, How Ready Are You For Love?: A path to more fulfilling and joyful relationships

“Your intention makes all the difference. If you say something prompted by love, and another person gets hurt, that is his karma, not yours. But if you say something out of hatred and anotehr person has no problem with it, it is good karma for them and not for you! You wll still acquire negative karma. How the recipeint of uyour hatred reacts is not the point. The accumulatio of karma is determined by your intention, not merrely by its impact on someone else.”
― Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny