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

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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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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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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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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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Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death everyday.

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The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

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People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting

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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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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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A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.

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Truth doesn't have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.

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Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.

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

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

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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 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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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.

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