“Khalil Gibran said that parents are like a bow, And children like arrows. The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies. I fly, not because I am special, but because they stretched for me.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want a woman who is better than I am; a woman who will compel me to bow my head in admiration.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and the knowledge that you can depend on your partner.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If karma is giving you a negative signal repeatedly, then it is not testing you, it is trying to teach you.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Do not rush to the “right answer”,’ clarified Vashishta. ‘The key, always, is to ask the “right question”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Even honourable men sometimes prove to be terrible leaders. Conversely, men of questionable character can occasionally be exactly what a nation requires.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“it’s more important to be right than to be first.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and acknowledge that you can depend on your partner. Relationships based on passion and excitement do not last.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“She has that something, like the thread in a crystal-bead necklace. She holds it all together.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“One of the few advantages of being disliked is that you don’t need to fret over what others think about you.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Some good can emerge from the most horrific of events. There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative in every positive. Life is complicated, and a balanced person can see both sides.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate. A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you are a fish charging at bait, then it usually doesn’t end well.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Passionate children have strong emotions that insist on finding expression. They laugh loudly. They cry even more loudly.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Withholding the truth is different from lying”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“How can the land belong to any of us? We belong to the land!”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“We criticise corruption in others, but are blind to our own dishonesty. We hate others who do wrong and commit crimes, blithely ignoring our own misdeeds, big and small. We vehemently blame Raavan for all our ills, refusing to acknowledge that we created the mess we find ourselves in.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A real leader doesn’t choose to lead only the deserving. He will, instead, inspire his people into becoming the best that they are capable of.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“you can certainly learn from the successes of great men, you can learn even more from their failures and mistakes.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you compromise the prospects of the strong, and lean too much towards the interests of the weak, then your society itself goes into decline.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Not revealing the truth is lying, isn’t it, Guruji?’ ‘No, it isn’t. Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, or even an outright lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A king need be judged solely on the basis of what he achieves for his people. His personal life is of no consequence. His public life, though, has one singular purpose: to provide for his people and improve their lives.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“An ancient poet once remarked, “When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“When times change, as they inevitably do, one finds it impossible to give up on one’s faith; in fact, one clings to it with renewed vigour. Difficult times make men cling to their faith even more strongly.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
Amish Tripathi
Born place: in India
Born date October 18, 1974
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“Fighting for your life is a fucking ball. As long as you didn’t get slaughtered.”
― Jack Ketchum, quote from Off Season
“the three pillars of the Rebelution: character, competence, and collaboration”
― Alex Harris, quote from Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
“MR. BONES KNEW THAT WILLY WASN'T LONG FOR THIS WORLD. The cough had been inside him for over six months, and by now there wasn't a chance in hell that he would ever get rid of it. Slowly and inexorably, without once taking a turn for the better, the thing had assumed a life of its own, advancing from a faint, phlegm-filled rattle in the lungs on February third to the wheezy sputum-jigs and gobby convulsions of high summer. All that was bad enough, but in the past two weeks a new tonality had crept into the bronchial music - something tight and flinty and percussive - and the attacks came now so often as to be almost constant. Every time one of them started, Mr. Bones half expected Willy's body to explode from the rockets of pressure bursting agaisnt his rib cage. He figured that blood would be the next step and when that fatal moment finally occurred on Saturday afternoon, it was as if all the angels in heaven had opened their mouths and started to sing. Mr. Bones saw it happen with his own eyes, standing by the edge of the road between Washington and Baltimore as Willy hawked up a few miserable clots of red matter into his handkerchief, and right then and there he knew that every ounce of hope was gone. The smell of death had settled upon Willy G. Christmas, and as surely as the sun was a lamp in the clouds that went off and on everyday, the end was drawing near.
What was a poor dog to do? Mr. Bones had been with Willy since his earliest days as a pup, and by now it was next to impossible to imagine a world that did not have his master in it. Every thought, every memory, every particle of the earth and air was saturated with Willy's presence. Habits die hard, and no doubt there's some truth to the adage about old dogs and new tricks, but it was more than just love or devotion that caused Mr. Bones to dread what was coming. It was pure ontological terror. Substract Willy from the world, and the odds were that the world itself would cease to exist.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Timbuktu
“I fall short of thy glory every day by spending hours unprofitably, by thinking that the things I do are good, when they are not done to thy end, nor spring from the rules of thy Word.
[From the prayer, Shortcomings]”
― quote from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
“Wow. Why don’t you start with authority? Authority of what?’’ ‘‘Magic.’’ ‘‘Really. Magic experts? Are there magic lectures? Magic bake sales? Magic bingo night?”
― Devon Monk, quote from Magic to the Bone
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