Amish Tripathi Quotes

Vengeance is waste of time

A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.

Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.

Feminine way of life is "life by probabilities". There are no absolutes, and the same laws can be interpreted differently at different times. Change is the only constant, and people live by Passion, Beauty and Freedom. But with too much freedom it can decline into decadence, corruption and debauchery.

Change forced by others is difficult to accept. And too rapid a change causes instability.

One makes one's own luck, but you have to give the universe the opportunity to help you.

Evil is never in a rush. It creeps up slowly. It doesn't hide, but confronts you in broad daylight. It gives decades of warnings, even centuries at times. Time is never the problem when you battle Evil. The problem is the will to fight it.

When the gardeners are good, the flower will bloom.

You have behaved in an exemplary manner until now. Even when you could have gained by doing something wrong, you refrained from doing so. You didn't fall prey to the logic of doing a small wrong for the sake of the greater good; of the ends justifying the means. That takes moral courage.

Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand,may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.

We don't become gods because we think we are gods. That is only a sign of ego. We become gods when we realise that a part of the universal divinity lives within us; when we understand our role in this great world and when we strive to fulfil that role. That makes you a God. And remember, gods don't fail. You cannot fail.

A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction.

Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave the society based on the rule of law. But so long as you live in such a society, you must obey the law.

It is your karma to fight evil. It doesn't matter if the people that evil is being committed against don't fight back. It doesn't matter if the entire world chooses to look the other way. Always remember this. You don't live with the consequences of other people's karma. You live with the consequences of your own

It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.

This attitude is basic human nature. We'd rather look outward and blame others for ills that befall us than point the finger at ourselves.

If you want something from someone, you have to give that person something they want.

If you make a person believe that his misfortune in this birth is due to his sins in his previous birth, he will resign himself to his fate and not vent his fury on society at large.

If the universe is trying to maintain balance, we must aid this by ensuring that Good is not enjoyed excessively. Or else the universe will re-balance itself by creating Evil to counteract Good. That is the purpose of Evil: it balances the Good.

Nobody is good or bad. They are either strong or weak. Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations. Weak people, many a times, do not even realise how low they have fallen.

The rivers fight with each other with the only currency that they know water. We humans fight with the only currency that we know in this age violence.

There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appearobvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact oppositemay also be true in another context. After all, one's reality is butperception, viewed through various prisms of context.

But remember, great Good will, more often than not, lead to great Evil.

Shared secrets have way of creating bonds

There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist.

The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when you simply don't bother about that person!

his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it

Some good can emerge from the most horrific of events. There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative in every positive. Life is complicated, and a balanced person can see both sides.

The Naga laughed softly, 'There's a thin line that separates courage from stupidity.''And that line is only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I'm successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let ,me do what I think is right. I'll leave the verdict to the future.

What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.

Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.

Don't turn blue all over now.

Ram wanted to marry a woman in front of whom he would be compelled to bow his head in admiration. P.210

A leader is not just a person who gives orders. He is also the one who symbolises the society he leads. If the leader is corrupt, then the society must be corrupt too.

Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want

If the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybodys's rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else's duties.