#india

In the history of a soul’s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go down or progress upwards. There is a knot of worldly desires impeding us; cut the knot by mastering desires and go forward. This done, progress is assured. ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

#art-of-living #desire #famous-quotes #human #incarnation

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best. ↗

— George Sand

#indiana #men

We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer, I worship all perfected souls, I worship all spiritual masters, I worship all spiritual instructors, I worship all holy men and women in the world. ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

#india #jainism #prayer #quotation #quotes

I have heard your orators speak on many questions. One among them the so-called vital question of money which is above all things the most coveted commodity but I, as a Hindu, as a Jainist, in the name of my countrymen and of my country, would offer you as the medium of the most perfect exchange between us, henceforth and forever, the indestructible, the unchangeable, the universal currency of good will and peace, and this, my brothers and sisters, is a currency that is not interchangeable with silver and gold, it is a currency of the heart, of the good life, of the highest estate on the earth and it is the currency of heaven. ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

#commercialization #currency #earth #exchange #gold

So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#india #religion #rushdie #salman #religion

The 'Renaissance' West Butchered the Rest. If I had to choose between an erudite Aristotle and an unknown ‘soulless’ black slave I would choose the latter. The ascendancy of the West was on a heap of bodies of slaves and trampled humanity through colonization ↗

— Viktor Vijay Kumar

#europe #india #renaissance #west #art

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India. ↗

— Shashi Tharoor

#influence

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay. ↗

— Shashi Tharoor

#india #culture

India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#india #jinnah #nationality #subcontinent #india

Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#jinnah #nationality #pakistan #partion #united