An epoch is

“An epoch is but a swing of the pendulum; & each generation thinks the world is progressing because it is always moving.” 

George Bernard Shaw

Love

“Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.” 

Sean Connery

Don’t depend too much on anyone

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world. Even your shadow leaves you when you’re in darkness.

The best feeling in the world

I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi to me, or even smile, because I know even if just for a second, I crossed your mind.

Real men

Real men don’t love the most beautiful woman in the world. They love the girl who can make their world the most beautiful.

The human heart

“The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world. It is valiant enough to bear the burden, but where is the courage that would cast it off?” 

Joseph Conrad 

Lord Jim

All the world’s a laboratory

“All the world’s a laboratory to the inquiring mind.”

Martin H. Fischer

The easiest thing

“The easiest thing in the world is to be you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.”

Leo Buscaglia

Sacred Books

This post is specifically for all those who firmly believe my religion is better than yours. Unfortunately, they are the very people who wouldn’t read it with an open mind & naturally it’s not possible to grasp the meaning. But here it goes:

“History has blessed mankind with the wisest of teachers, profoundly enlightened souls whose understanding of the spiritual & mental mysteries exceeded all understanding. The precious words of the Adepts – Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, Zoroaster, & countless others – had been transmitted through history in the oldest & most precious of vessels.

Books.

Every culture on earth had its own sacred book – its own Word – each one different & yet each one the same. For Christians, the Word was Bible, for Muslims the Koran, for Jews the Torah, for Hindus the Vedas, & on & on it went.”

Dan Brown

(The Lost Symbol)

As far as I’ve been able to understand, I think we are supposed to respect every religion. It’s clearly written in the Quran that there is no compulsion in Islam. However, I think interpretation of any sacred book is a difficult matter. You could take the meaning literally or you could look at it with an open mind. It’s your choice. In fact when you go into depth, you realize that it has layers of meanings. You can’t even blame those who are committing hate crimes owing to their religious beliefs. But nevertheless what is unacceptable is how these devilish creatures incite hatred in the name of religion.

I don’t think God would ever want humans to persecute & torture other beings in any way. And by ‘beings,’ I mean both humans & animals. It’s the myopic understanding of closed minds that they have the right to kill & torture others. Moreover, how some people protest against extremists these days by taking off their clothes is laughable. But then again people even discriminate amongst themselves on the basis of castes & sects. It’s all very grim.

However, spreading the message of peace is never out of reach. If you truly respect yourself, you will also respect others without saying ‘respect has to be earned.’ If you think you are the only one who loves & respects his religion, you must bear in mind that the other person may also feel the same way about his religion. And you don’t have the right to prove him wrong, because he could apply the same logic on what you believe & prove you wrong.

And we don’t need to prove anything now. We need a better world.

I live on the whole a very secluded sort of life

“I live on the whole, a very secluded sort of life, the life of a regular recluse. I have no acquaintances to speak of & I scarcely ever go out. Having spent ten years of my life in complete isolation from the world, I had naturally got used to solitude.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

We Live In A World...

We live in a world where losing your phone is more dramatic than losing your virginity.

The Secret Teachings of All Ages

“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.”

The Secret Teachings of All Ages

It seemed incredible to me now

“It seemed incredible to me now that I had never understood. I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, & continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness & reserve, & in their blindness & folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth. This was what I had done. I had built up false pictures in my mind & sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.”

Daphne Du Maurier

How people hate

“You don’t realize how people hate, they can hate so much they’ll tear the world to pieces.”

Arthur Miller

A Loner

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before & people continue to disappoint them.

Jodi Picoult

Immoral Books

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oscar Wilde

The human heart

The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world. It is valiant enough to bear the burden, but where is the courage that would cast if off?

Joseph Conrad

The hardest thing

“It’s the hardest thing in the world to act spontaneously on ones’ impulse - & it’s the only really gentlemanly thing to do – provided you’re fit to do it.”

D. H. Lawrence

The world works on contradictions

“All things considered, I am beginning to suspect that the world actually works on contradictions.”

Voltaire

A lonely place

“A world that was crowded with people could still be a very lonely place.”

Jodi Picoult