"Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed."

-- P. Chidambaram

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“I can comprehend Alekhine's combinations well enough; but where he gets his attacking chances from and how he infuses such life into the very opening - that is beyond me.”

Source : "Why You Lose at Chess". Book by Fred Reinfeld, p.160, 1956.
“We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty.”
“A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.”
“This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.”
“No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.”
“For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.”
“It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.”
“Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.”

Source : Eknath Easwaran (2009). “Renewal: A Little Book of Courage and Hope”, p.29, Nilgiri Press

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