Quotes
Authors
R.K. Narayan

"We come together only to go apart again. The law of life can't be avoided. The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves from our mother's womb. All struggle & misery in life is due to our attempt to arrest this law or get away from it or in allowing ourselves to be hurt by it. The fact must be recognized. A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life. All else is false. The law of life. No sense in battling against it..."

Source : R. K. Narayan (2000). “Memories of Malgudi”, p.274, Penguin Books India

R.K. Narayan

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“... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been the supreme authority for Homo sapiens since the days when he was probably arboreal.”
“In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.”
“In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people about political parties. Now we see how both Democrats and Republicans have conspired to reduce democratic participation. If this is the best the Democrats and Republicans have to offer, it's time to look elsewhere.Politics should be the prism for our most noble intentions.”
“I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars.”
“Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.”

Source : J. D. Greear (2011). “Gospel”, p.10, B&H Publishing Group
“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend”
“It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.”
“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”

Source : Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr

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