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“Restraint is the key to regeneration and hence, also, sustainability.”
― The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth
― The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth
“Within every fortune (the pot of gold) lies wisdom, an idea to be trusted: a belief that makes success sustainable.”
― The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth
― The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth
“Arjuna, the senses exist beyond the physical; mind beyond the senses; intelligence beyond the mind. Beyond intelligence is your sense of self. By knowing who you really are you will conquer all yearning.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, verses 42 and 43 (paraphrased).”
― My Gita
― My Gita
“Knowledge is like a floating log of wood that helps us stay afloat in the ocean of misery. To find the shore, we have to kick our legs and swim. No one can do that for us,”
― Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
― Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
“By introducing the idea of immortality and rebirth in Chapter 2 of The Gita, Krishna changes the scope of the discussion, for without death serving as a boundary, there is no fear, no yearning for food or meaning, nowhere to come from, or go to, for the end is no longer the end and the beginning is no longer the beginning. Rather than change the world that defies control, rather than seek validation from things temporary, we engage, observe, discover and enjoy.”
― My Gita
― My Gita
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