Daevaraya

“ಅಂಗಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹತ್ತಿದಾಗ ನೋವಿನಿಂದ ವಿಲಿವಿಲಿ ಒದ್ದಾಡಿದ ದೇಹದ 'ಸಾಯಬಾರದು' ಎಂಬ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕೋಟಿ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿದ್ದರೆ 'ಯಾಕೆ ಬದುಕಿರಬೇಕು?' ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ಅರಿಯಬೇಕೆನ್ನುವ, ವಿವೇಕಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ತೀರಾ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನದು, ಅಲ್ಲವೇ?”
― Yashwant Chittal, ಶಿಕಾರಿ | Shikari

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

“Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at. [p.93]”
― Northrop Frye, The Educated Imagination

“Action has meaning only in relationship, and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti