"What we deplore is not that the gate of western knowledge was thrown open to Indians, but that such knowledge was imported to India at the sacrifice of our own cultural heritage. What was needed was a proper synthesis between the two systems and not neglect, far less destruction, of the Indian base."

Source : Speech delivered at Gurkula Visvavidyalaya Convocation on 25th April 1943, "Educational Speeches" by Dr. Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, A.Mukherjee & Co. (Private) Ltd., 2 College Square, Kolkata 700 012, 1959.

Syama Prasad Mukherjee

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“I was trying to develop a notion of "non-dialectical negativity" as part of a concept of extinction that would transform the understanding of death and time elaborated in phenomenology.”

Source : "Nihil Unbound". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.
“My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.”

Source : "Vinnie Jones: 'It took me 40 years to see a psychologist'". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2013.
“I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.”
“The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1812). “Works: With and Introd. and Explanatory Notes By Henry Weber”, p.479
“The road to success just might be your driveway.”

Source : Joey Reiman (2001). “Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career, and Life”, p.156, Taylor Trade Publishing
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.”
“God's blessings are dispensed according to the riches of his grace, not according to the depth of our faith.”
“The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.”

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