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“An apprehension? What was it?” I asked shaking her hands fiercely. “Come now, sit.” She made me sit next to her and said, “I had lost consciousness due to agonizing contractions on the night you were born. A thunderous, destructive storm had hit that night. Many giant, ancient trees of Gokul collapsed”
― Shivaji Sawant, Srikrishna: The Lord Of The Universe

“It is like a man standing for decades on the seashore, embracing certain ‘good’ waves and trying to prevent them from disintegrating, while simultaneously pushing back ‘bad’ waves to prevent them from getting near him. Day in, day out, the man stands on the beach, driving himself crazy with this fruitless exercise. Eventually, he sits down on the sand and just allows the waves to come and go as they please. How”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“The emotional tail wags the rational dog.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.’ —Marianne Williamson, spiritual activist and author”
― Harish Bhat, Tatalog: Eight Modern Stories from a Timeless Institution