Quotes by Indian Authors - Page 246

I don't desire to be intelligent, but I do desire to be loving and kind.
Debasish Mridha
An intelligent person has knowledge, but a wise person has experience with humility.
Debasish Mridha M.D.
Love sharpens intelligence, fear dulls it. Who wants you to be intelligent? Not those who are in power. How can they want you to be intelligent?—because if you are intelligent you will start seeing the whole strategy, their games. They want you to be stupid and mediocre. They certainly want you to be efficient as far as work is concerned, but not intelligent; hence humanity lives at the lowest, at the minimum of its potential.
Osho
Intelligence is Attractive,Kindness is Heart Melting,But a combination of the two is Irresistible.
Drishti Bablani
Intelligence is an ability to understand, but it is not a substitute for wisdom.
Debasish Mridha
When superstitions enter the world of imagination, then intelligence and science become fiction.
Debasish Mridha
An enemy of today is a friend of tomorrow
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
* Intelligence is quickness to learn. Ability is the skill to apply what is learned. Competence is the ability and the desire to apply what is learned. Desire is the attitude that makes a skillful person competent. Many skillful people are incompetent. Ability without the right attitude is wasted.
Shiv Khera
Just as trees need roots in the earth, man is also a tree and needs roots in existence or else he will live a very unintelligent life.
Osho
If you are intelligent, if you are alert, the ordinary becomes the extraordinary.
Osho
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
Abhijit Naskar
Intelligence...[is] not marathon rac[e]: there is no fixed criteria for success, no start or finish lines -- and running sideways or backwards, might secure victory.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is impossible to imagine existence void of any intelligence.
Kedar Joshi
But if one observes, one will see that the body has its own intelligence; it requires a great deal of intelligence to observe the intelligence of the body.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others.
Dada Bhagwan
Those who have anger, they try to take control others with the heat of anger and those who do not have anger are able to take control of others with their strength of character known as sheel. Even it can take control of animals (with it’s strength)!!!
Dada Bhagwan
Absence of Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) is indeed bliss.
Dada Bhagwan
When does one become free from all tubers (of the mind)? When one becomes free of kashayas (anger-pride-deceit-greed). Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) are tubers themselves.
Dada Bhagwan
Complete departure of kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) is Moksha (Liberation). At first, there is the departure of kashays and then there will be ‘that’ [Liberation].
Dada Bhagwan
One does not see ‘what is there’ and sees ‘what is not there’, that is called moha (illusory vision).
Dada Bhagwan
Moha (illusory vision) means new things keep arising, and one indeed sees new things; and he remains engrossed in them.
Dada Bhagwan
To lose awareness of what is helpful or harmful in the worldly life is moh (Illusory vision & attachment).
Dada Bhagwan
Egoism’s nature is not Moha (Illusory attachment). Moha’s (Illusory attachment’s) nature is egoism. Moha is the origin of egoism.
Dada Bhagwan
When attachment increases too much, dislike will arise.
Dada Bhagwan
It is the nature of the circumstances to disperse. If there is attachment with the circumstance, there will be abhorrence when they get dispersed.
Dada Bhagwan
As illusory attachment (moha) spread, one sunk deeper and deeper into the pit.
Dada Bhagwan
When many circumstances come together, one will get food to eat. When many circumstances come together, one gets to go hungry (one will not get food to eat). One goes hungry when many more circumstances come together. A greater number of circumstances are needed for an unfavorable situation, and less for favorable situation.
Dada Bhagwan
Egoism has arisen due to circumstances and circumstances have survived due to egoism. The one whose egoism is gone, for him circumstances are gone. Everything has come into existence because of wrong belief.
Dada Bhagwan
God said to accept whatever circumstances that come along. Circumstance is a natural thing. In it, ‘Do this and don’t do that’- should not be there. Circumstances are a ‘scientific circumstantial evidence’ [‘Vyavasthit’]. You should ‘settle them with equanimity’.
Dada Bhagwan
Moksha (Liberation) is to become free from gathering & dispersing of circumstances.
Dada Bhagwan
Abhorrence is the cause for conflicts. God has said, ‘Do no abhorrence. If you don’t like it, ignore it’.
Dada Bhagwan
Who is free from illusory attachment (nirmohi)? The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one). He can see flesh and bones, through and through.
Dada Bhagwan
Causes for attachment are created at the very time abhorrence occurs. Familiarity (acquaintance) up to a certain point will result in attachment and if it reaches ‘ridge point’ & goes past further, it will result in abhorrence.
Dada Bhagwan
What is attraction (akarshan) in this world? It is open fire and one should be aware of it. Attraction is the open fire. The root of illusory attachment (moha) is indeed attraction.
Dada Bhagwan
Illusory attachment (moha) is indeed what will keep on biting you until the point of your demise!
Dada Bhagwan
As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances.
Dada Bhagwan
No matter what kind of circumstances come together, if one’s stillness is not shaken and his goal does not change; he is known to have attained religion.
Dada Bhagwan
Religion means researching the true Eternal thing with Deluded world view (with wrong belief) and ‘this’ (akram vignan) is a science itself.
Dada Bhagwan
This’ is not called a religion, ‘This’ is called a science (vignan). Religion keeps changing, science does not change.
Dada Bhagwan
What does religion say? It says that if you care for others then you will meet others who will care for you and if you hit others, you will meet others who will hit you. This is what all relative religions say.
Dada Bhagwan
Religion begins from the time man starts to give happiness to others.
Dada Bhagwan
Only one kind of religion cannot give peace to everyone. Whatever ‘degree’ one is sitting at, that ‘degree’ of religion he requires.
Dada Bhagwan
True religion is that which does not let you stumble.
Dada Bhagwan
Every man should care (be concerned) about these three things: Which station have I come from? Which station did I get off? Which station am I going to?
Dada Bhagwan
The world will praise you one moment and defame you the next. So why should we care for praise or defamation?
Dada Bhagwan
Who is considered a great man is the one who can be the smallest of the small.
Dada Bhagwan
It is called understanding when one accepts other’s talks of wisdom; but, where is the wisdom filled talk in this era?
Dada Bhagwan
When others try to provoke (instigate) you and you don’t get provoked, it is known as a spiritual victory.
Dada Bhagwan
Principle’ [Established Truth] means everywhere applicable; when there is nothing else, it is called Principle.
Dada Bhagwan
Only the ‘Right belief’ gives rise to non-contradicting principle and that which is free from contradiction is known as ‘Principle’.
Dada Bhagwan
That which never attains a state of non-principle [non-truth] is known as the principle.
Dada Bhagwan
When there is no argument [dispute] over a talk, it is called ‘Principle’.
Dada Bhagwan
Who is considered as reputable in God’s language? The one who can do ‘world’s salvation’ just through his eyes!
Dada Bhagwan
The inner intent one has of ‘may everyone attain salvation’, will bring salvation to himself first.
Dada Bhagwan
There can never be suffering in the home of a person who is working for world's salvation.
Dada Bhagwan
The mud of this body-complex (pudgal - that which charges and disharges) is such that the harder one tries to get out, the deeper and deeper he sinks into it.
Dada Bhagwan
To see happiness of others, that is what is our religion.
Dada Bhagwan
When you become worthy of people’s worship, you will be able to attain moksha (liberation), you cannot go to moksha just like that. Reproach (criticism) by people is the cause of a life in the lower realms.
Dada Bhagwan