"Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish."

-- Swami Vivekananda

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“Running through my mind are thoughts of all the races I ran. On my chest are medals from the races I won. In my heart is gratitude to Gerard Hartmann for helping make my dreams come true. I am very honoured to be a part of this wonderful book.”
“One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.”
“There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little pelf [i.e. wealth], He drudged and judged from morn to night, no ass drudged more than he, And the more he drudged, and the more he judged, the sorrier judge was he.”
“Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures.”
“I smile like a flower not only with my lipsÂ but with my whole being.”
“I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.”
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.”
“A circus of stars, your dreams a trapeze, faces lift like mirrored moons.”

Source : Imtiaz Dharker (2007). “The Terrorist at My Table”, p.156, Penguin Books India

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