Mehtavinay1

“While meditating late one night, a certain saint saw the ghost of the dread smallpox disease entering the village where he lived. “Stop, Mr. Ghost!” he cried. “Go away. You must not molest a town in which I worship God.” “I will take only three people,” the ghost replied, “in accordance with my cosmic karmic duty.” At this the saint unhappily nodded assent. The following day three persons died of smallpox. But the next day several more died, and each day thereafter more villagers were overcome by the fearful disease. Thinking that a great deception had been played on him, the saint meditated deeply and summoned the ghost. When it came, the saint rebuked it. “Mr. Ghost, you deceived me and did not speak the truth when you said you would take only three people with your smallpox.” But the ghost replied, “By the Great Spirit, I did speak the truth to you.” The saint persisted. “You promised to take only three persons, and scores have succumbed to the disease.” “I took only three,” said the ghost. “The rest killed themselves with fear.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Living Fearlessly: Bringing Out Your Inner Soul Strength

“The secret of intellectual excellence is the spirit of criticism; it is intellectual independence. (…) The authoritarian will in general select those who obey, who believe, who respond to his influence. But in doing so, he is bound to select mediocrities. For he excludes those who revolt, who doubt, who dare to resist his influence. Never can an authority admit that the intellectually courageous, i.e. those who dare to defy his authority, may be the most valuable type. Of course, the authorities will always remain convinced of their ability to detect intentions. But what they mean by this is only a quick grasp of their intentions, and they will remain forever incapable of seeing the difference.6”
― Paddy Upton, The Barefoot Coach

“E xternal nature is only internal nature writ large”
― Swami Vivekananda, Inspiring Thoughts

“Nobody is born perfect. And nobody needs to die imperfect.”
― Sfurti Sahare, Think and Win like Dhoni