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If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.

Amish Tripathi

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Amish Tripathi
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 18
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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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Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself
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The key question isn't 'What is Evil?' The key question is 'When does the Good become Evil?
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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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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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What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.
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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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The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.
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Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want
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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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I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, its advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo.
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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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It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.
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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.
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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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Truth is one, though the sages know it as many . God is one, though different religions approach Him differently Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus or any other form of God that you believe in . Our paths may be different. Our destination is the same.
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his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it
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Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.
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I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.
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