CULTURE

" As a thumb rule, the less abrupt a person's reaction the more cultured one is because restraint is the measure of culture. In addition, the tone and manner in which a person asserts oneself when absolutely certain about something and also how one behaves when one has the upper hand in a given situation reveal the culture and the degree of refinement in a person. "

CULTURE

" Habits are picked up, manners are emulated, behavior is adopted, wealth is acquired, taste is cultivated but culture has to be imbibed. "

LOVE

" Love is largely a longing for belonging and culminates in finding the missing link that fulfills deep-rooted passionate and irrational urges in one's own self."

Understanding Life

" Idealistically speaking the primary purpose of life is to rise above the material and the human and to seek the divine within."

CONVERSATION

" Art of conversation lies in giving others a chance to talk."

SUFFERING

" You are most human when you are most miserable; such is the reward of suffering."

SUFFERING

" To realize where you went wrong and to look back with regret is a common source of suffering."