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Sooraj Naga

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Sooraj’s Notes & Highlights

Mashi and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

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When we express our thought in words, the medium is not found easily. There must be a process of translation, which is often inexact, and then we fall into error.

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Sooraj’s Quotes

“What you learn from others you can use to follow.
What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.”
― Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

tags: advice, follow, inspirational, lead, learning, science

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“Our greatest pleasure consists in being admired; but those who admire us, even if they have every reason to do so, are slow to express their sentiments. Hence, he is the happiest man who, no matter how, manages sincerely to admire himself — so long as other people leave him alone.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

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“There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.”
― Sri Aurobindo

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“There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.”
― Gregory David Roberts

tags: shantaram

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“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

tags: communication, foolishness, knowledge, sharing, teaching, wisdom

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Praise Architecture — 97 members — last activity Jul 17, 2025 01:47PM
A reading group for anyone with an interest in architecture. We'll be reading a new architecture related book every two months, recommendations are we ...more

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Bangalore bookworms and bibliophiles (BBB) — 2888 members — last activity Dec 26, 2025 08:23AM
A place for book lovers of Bangalore to meet, connect and have conversations (online and real life!) Just discussion about books! By book lovers! No ...more

On Paths Unknown — 479 members — last activity Apr 02, 2026 04:07AM
"On paths unknown, we tread with wonder. Through a glass darkly, to brave new worlds and beyond we go." We seek to explore and do critical reading fro ...more