Quotes
Authors
Cyril Shroff
"India is developing a lot of soft power, and it's not just about us providing outsourcing and call centers to the world. We are providing a lot of thought and a way of life. I think we're also respected for fundamentally a non-violent belief thanks to our religious roots whether it's Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, we contributed more religions to the world than any part of the world and that's something which does find its way into how the world looks at it." --
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Cyril Shroff
#Religious Quotes
#Buddhism Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
“I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.”
“It's part of the institution of teshuva, if you make a mistake, you have to restore it as you can.”
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“As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.”
“The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged.”
“People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other.”
“Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.”
“Life has its rhythm and we have ours. They're designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity.”
“The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.”
