"An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West."

-- Sir John Woodroffe

#Philosophical Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Examination Quotes

“Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.”
“Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but youve got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.”
“With the inevitability of a tongue returning to probe a painful tooth, we come back and back and back again to our fears, sitting to talk them over with the eagerness of a hungry man before a full and steaming plate.”
“Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.”
“You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and were desperate not to let her get away. And yet the more you thought about her, the less you knew who she was. The hope was that love transcended all differences. That was the hope.”
“We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.”
“reading is at the beginning of the social contract”
“For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.”

Source : Cameron Dokey (2008). “The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights"”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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