#Awakening Quotes
“On both difficult and easy terrain, you must know the 'tenable' and 'fatal' ground. Occupy tenable ground and attack on fatal ground.”
“I did the cover of Cigar Aficionado, so I'm supposed to talk about loving cigars. I've smoked them a couple of times. My father used to smoke cigars. I love the idea and the concept, and I love the smell of cigars”
“The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.”
“People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.”
“With writing, we have second chances.”
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”
Source : James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in the present; with the book I am in the past.”
Source : Alexander Smith (1946). “Books and Gardens”
“Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati Spiritual leader
Venkatesananda Saraswati
