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Amish Tripathi

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Amish Tripathi
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 18
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Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.
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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.
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There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be true in another context. After all, one's reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.
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Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.
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Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.
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The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person.
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Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want
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A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother's womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev - All of us are Mahadev.
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What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.
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A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.
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I don't believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the trees,in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time.all we need to do is listen.
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Lord Manu had said it's not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.
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As a writer, its important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God.
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I turned atheist in the 90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts... Mumbai, where I live, was badly affected. I blamed religion also, extremists on both sides - right and left.
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Ati sarvatra varjayet: Excess of anything is bad. Some of us are attracted to Good. But the universe tries to maintain balance. So what is good for some may end up being bad for others... Agriculture is good for us humans as it gives us an assured supply of food, but it is bad for the animals that lose their forest and grazing land.
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There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.
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No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.
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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
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The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.
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Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk.
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