R.N. Prasher > Quotes

“Whether morality is moral is an open question.”
― R.N. Prasher

“When I am passing through hell, I have to remind myself of the last time I happened to be on that road. How quickly it was over, without any ingenuity on my part. After all, hell is a one-way street. The only direction forward is the way out.”
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“You don't need words to talk to HIm. Words are for the priests. He doesn't care for words. He knows only your thoughts and your dreams.”
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“Fate is the name of a large bunch of myriad paths; we choose one out of these.”
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“Words, with their multiple meanings and nuances are like trees and oral communication like a forest. Trees are good for hiding, forest for losing the path. When one is trying to contemplate the horizon of illusion and reality, trees and forests can offer no help.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Informed and rationally articulated dissent contributes to growth of ideas. Uniformed dissent, expressed through lung power, is a sign of insecurity. Countering dissent with fortification leads to a siege mentality. It results in a stagnant society, devoid of organic growth. Such a society perceives itself to be so fragile that every whiff of fresh air is seen as a threat to its existence.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Religion can only be a means to a set of values cherished by its living adherents. If those values relate only to a past or a presumed afterlife, it is a sign that religion has become a goal serving the ends of a priest or a demagogue and rest of the living are merely tools to serve that end. If it is not to become a fossil, it has to be a living faith serving the cherished values of the living.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Irrationality is the exclusive preserve of humans as among all creatures only we have the power to rationalise, that being the art of packaging patently irrational as apparently rational.”
― R.N. Prasher

“Impossible is impossible. It is the only one-word oxymoron. But you need at least two words for that. Hence, impossible is impossible.”
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“Every culture has its vultures for whom the prospect of the death of the "other" brings tidings of a feast.”
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“Humans are like Variables in mathematics, some Dependent, some Independent. Variables are in relationship but remain Variable. Of course, there are some Constants too both in mathematics and humans. Constants help define precisely the relationship between variables. Maybe, that is why humans keep adding (to problems), subtracting (from happiness), multiplying (what else, we are all over earth) and dividing (the earth among themselves).”
― R. N. Prasher

“As the dew drop slides down the leaf to wet the soil, they call it "fall in love". Yet, do we know the way up from the way down?”
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“The shortest, quietest smile is a tiny display of muscle power that can vanquish the mighty agitation of someone's mind.”
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“Darkness is perhaps the only reality, the only truth, both of which have only one property; they are eternal. What we call light is a mere temporary absence of darkness, untruth, a mere temporary absence of truth. Vedas point to this absence by neti, neti; not this, not this. Both, darkness and truth overcome light and untruth and start becoming manifest, sooner or later, mostly sooner than later, once we believe and strive to experience. Sages, down the ages, have emphasised the learning path to The Truth; prevent light from entering your eyes by shutting them or sitting in a darker area, to make it easier. And a last word; there is no perfect darkness and no perfect truth. These, just two names for the same absence, are goals to which we may get ever closer, without reaching. And priests and scriptures make God so complicated!”
― R. N. Prasher

“Racism and religious bigotry are two essential pieces of baggage mankind carries as it moves from one century to the next.”
― R. N. Prasher

“One of the perils of life is to be asked a question which the wisest of them cannot answer. But a smile does the job.”
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“Wind is on fire" - beautiful words. What causes the fire, what enhances it, and what finally extinguishes it by itself or by bringing in rainclouds, gets identified with it. Do breath and life have the same relationship with each other!”
― R. N. Prasher

“Unconditional love should not be presumed to be without ardent expectations as also the inevitable disappointment.”
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“Truth is always a quest and if it looks anything like a destination, it is proof that we are on to illusion. Thus, unique is each quest!”
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“Contrary to popular belief, questions are not the cause and answers not their effect. Answers exist and hence questions are caused to discover the answers. If an answer does not exist, there cannot be a valid question.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Be wary of those with overpowering presence. It is usually a one-way street taking away your freedom of choice. Gravity is compelling particularly when it is a Black Hole.”
― R.N. Prasher

“Women are almost two thirds more likely than men to believe in God, a major study of attitudes among middle aged Britons has found, says The Telegraph.
Well, men are twice more likely than God to believe in women! (At least that was so in the Garden of Eden)”
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“The Seeker, The Teacher and The Genius:
Knowing is an art; communicating that knowledge is art twice over; but it is only the genius who can use that knowledge.”
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“Anyone who feels lonely has not learnt to talk to himself.”
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“When water is being filled in a pot, the sound we hear is a function of the pot, not of the water. Same water makes different sounds in different pots. Each of us, described in Sanskrit as Ghata, meaning pot, responds in a unique way to the stimuli from the surrounding environment. Do not be surprised when the response of another appears entirely different from yours. The pot has created the illusion of a wall, of mine and other. Once you become aware of that illusion, otherness melts and the universe becomes a unified verse again, with apparently diverse responses becoming part of the same symphony.”
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“The thought of erasing one's identity and fitting in with the crowd is definitely scary. Action is a different matter though. We act all the time to fit in.”
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“Freedom is the natural state, acceptance of bonds is a choice we make. We prefer to accept loss of freedom to losing something much less valuable but which we are not willing to sacrifice.”
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“Civilization is no antidote to cruelty.”
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