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To a common type of Anglo-Indian mind, any criticism of the Government, any claim to further freedom, is sedition.
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“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action”
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“No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”
― The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
― The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
“I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”
― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
“Our identification with the body is so strong that most people spend their lives simply taking care of the body. The body feels cold, let’s clothe it; it feels hot, let’s remove the layers; it’s hungry, feed it; it’s tired, give it rest. We become so preoccupied with fulfilling the body’s many desires—cleaning, feeding, clothing, decorating and protecting it, that we become its slaves.”
― If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir
― If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir
“Unlike the animals, who knew only the present, Man had acquired a past; and he was beginning to grope toward a future.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
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