Sanjeev Sahay

“That art or talent by which the discourse is adapted to the end,’ and states that the ends of speaking, or writing are reducible to four: to enlighten the understanding, to please the imagination, to move the passions, or to influence the will.”
― William Walker Atkinson, The Essential Works of William Walker Atkinson: 50+ Books in One Edition: The Power of Concentration, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, The Secret of Success

“An old TV commercial for Berlitz showed the training of a German coast guard watchman. The supervisor shows the new man all of the monitoring equipment and then leaves him alone to man the controls.  Later, a distress signal comes in: “SOS, we’re sinking! We are sinking.” The new watchman is confused. “What are you sinking about?” he asks. Success and failure in communications often depend on a single word—even a letter or two. The way most people write today—in business, education, government, even journalism and publishing—is the result of an accidental, ad-hoc process of learning and mislearning.”
― Charles Euchner, The Elements of Writing: The Complete How-To Guide to Writing, With Case Studies from the Masters in All Genres

“The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next. RALPH WALDO EMERSON”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion: 10th Anniversary Edition

“There was never any record, either historical, textual or archeological, that supports this premise for an Aryan invasion. There also is no record of who would have been the invaders. The fact is that it is a theory that came from mere linguistic speculation which happened during the nineteenth century when very little archeological excavation had yet been done around India.”
― Stephen Knapp, The Aryan Invasion Theory: The Final Nail in its Coffin