Gaara

“Memory is the enemy of wonder, which abides nowhere else but in the present. This is why, unless you are a child, wonder depends on forgetting—on a process, that is, of subtraction. Ordinarily we think of drug experiences as additive—it’s often said that drugs “distort” normal perceptions and augment the data of the senses (adding hallucinations, say), but it may be that the very opposite is true—that they work by subtracting some of the filters that consciousness normally interposes between us and the world.”
― Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

“प्रजासुखे सुखं राज्ञ: प्रजानां च हिते हितम्‌ । नात्मप्रियं हितं राज्ञ: प्रजानां तु प्रियं हितम्‌ ।।   Peoples happiness should be King’s happiness. Welfare of people is King’s welfare. For a king, there is no task which is only individualistic and pleasurable to him only. It is king’s utmost duty to look after progress and welfare of people of his country.”
― Dev Dantreliya, Chanakya Niti on Corruption: Glimples of how Chanakya tackled menace of corruption 300 BCE in India?

“Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.”
― Erol Ozan

“Man's pains and pain's relief are from within;
நோதலும் தணிதலும் அவற்றோரன்ன;”
― Kaniyan Pungundranar