"Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true."

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Source : "Contrary India" by Amartya Sen, www.economist.com. November 18, 2005.

Joan Robinson

#Opposites Quotes #India Quotes

“â€¦everything has a past. Everything â€“ a person, an object, a word, everything. If you donâ€™t know the past, you canâ€™t understand the present and plan properly for the future.”
“I heard of somebody once who said he was interested in doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number, and that the greatest number was number one. That was himself. That may sound like a little bit of selfishness, but if that is selfishness, at least it is a very intelligent selfishness. Everyone has a right to be interested in himself, and I am confident that God wants us to be interested in ourselves first; that is, the first soul that anyone should bring to God should be his own soul.”
“Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has taken many forms, including attempts to introduce organized prayer in public schools, to outlaw birth control and abortion, and to use public tax revenues to finance religious schools.”
“I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.”
“The black revolt is as palpable in letters as it is in the streets.”
“Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories”
“Always compare yourself to the best. Even if you never measure up, it can't help but make you better.”
“It doesn't matter what you choose, what matters is the energy with which you choose it.”

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