“They are certain old qualities and flavors within you. However much you may try to pretend that you’re a very nice and loving person, when deals are offered, suddenly old vasanas will take control of you. There’s an urge to bite the deal.”
― Mystic's Musings
― Mystic's Musings
“In the Indian culture you never told your parents, your wife, your husband or your children, “I love you.” This was not a part of this culture because the moment you say it, it’s almost like it’s not there. You’re only trying to assert it. Love is not an assertion. Love is a supplication. An asserting mind can never be a loving mind.”
― Mystic's Musings
― Mystic's Musings
“Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.”
― Mystic's Musings
― Mystic's Musings
“Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love—is the sum of what you focus on.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“If you can get today’s work done today, but you do it in such a way that you can’t possibly get tomorrow’s work done tomorrow, then you lose.”
― Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
― Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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