Maulik

“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).”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 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,”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana

“In the Puranas, stories of past lives are continuously used to counter assumptions of another story. It reminds us that our story is part of a grand jigsaw puzzle. We are part of a larger narrative. Stories of the past impact stories of the present that impact stories of the future. We may not know these stories, but we have played roles in them. We must not assume that the story we encounter, experience or remember is the only story in the world. Our lives are the outcomes of roles performed in other stories. Even if we don’t remember those stories or those roles, we cannot escape their consequences.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, My Gita

“Within every fortune (the pot of gold) lies wisdom, an idea to be trusted: a belief that makes success sustainable.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth