“If you could be happy, really happy, for just a while, but you knew from the start that it would end in sadness, and bring pain afterwards, would you choose to have that happiness or would you avoid it?”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no colour or accent or way of life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And when the heart has its moment of truth and sorrow, the soul can't be stilled.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“Fanatics have the look of people who do not masturbate but who think about it almost all time.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic of his own religion. In fact, he has more in common with a ration, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic of his own religion”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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