

“This is the unmistakable teaching of the Gita. He who gives up action falls. He who gives up only the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result. In regard to every action one must know the result that is expected to follow, the means thereto, and the capacity for it. He, who, being thus equipped, is without desire for the result and is yet wholly engrossed in the due fulfillment of the task before him is said to have renounced the fruits of his action.”
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

“The headmaster explained. Books were considered precious. The school had so few that the teachers did not want to risk the children damaging them. I wondered how a book could impart knowledge if it was locked up, but kept that thought to myself.”
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

“if we were lucky enough to be living a good life, we should recognize this gift and thank God for it by looking out for others who need our help in breaking out of the cycle of poverty.”
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

“Look, there are two ways to remove a Band-Aid: slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice.”
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
― Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

“He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty. He becomes impatient and then gives vent to anger and begins to do unworthy things; he jumps from action to action never remaining faithful to any. He who broods over results is like a man given to objects of senses; he is ever distracted, he says goodbye to all scruples, everything is right in his estimation and he therefore resorts to means fair and foul to attain his end.”
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
― The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
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