Anand Neelakantan Quotes

#1. No self-respecting God would allow a good man to be happy for long. God has relevance only in the unhappiness of good people. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#2. Fight all you want, but you will never win. You can change a system only by being part of that system, by being part of the change. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#3. Is dharma a war fought without ethics and then glorified? - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#4. There are people who will offer you many things and demand nothing in return. Fear them the most, for they are the ones who will take the things that are most precious to you and then their demands will come at a time when it is most inconvenient to you. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#5. When our schools fail to teach our children what they should know, other schools take their place and teach different lessons, which we may not like. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#6. nodded, knowing his mother would know he - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#7. It was so easy to sell anything to the common people, if one could add an element of magic and some religion into it - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#8. Some of the drops of water fell onto my skin and by impulse was to smell the water. It stank. My neighbour whispered in my ear, "It's cow's urine and gobar. They use it for purification." We, the untouchables, were purified with bullshit. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#9. Survival is the biggest dharma. The scriptures say, nothing is a sin during danger. It is called apat dharma. Think - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#10. Love makes you weak. Love has unseen bondages that take you into the abyss of failure at that crucial moment when victory and failure get balanced. Beware of love. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#11. What makes you think you can survive as a saint in this world, unless you make it your business to exploit the gullible and greedy? - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#12. If Lord Duryodhana was an evil man, why did great men like Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna, entire army of Krishna fight war on his side?? - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#13. The real meaning of the sacred texts gave me greater determination to attack evils like caste, animal sacrifices and other rituals being propagated by the priestly class. I was determined to curb meaningless rituals and sacrifices and put an end to the curse of caste. We - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#14. As a child, rain meant endless amusement; in youth it meant romance; in middle-age, nothing mattered except the struggle of everyday living; but it was in the last leg of one's life when the rains assumed their sinister avatar. Thimma - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#15. Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#16. Anger is the lowest emotion. It clouds the intellect and can make you do foolish things. You become blind to reason and react only with your body, without thinking. This leads to failure in every sphere. Uproot this evil from your system. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#17. One should honour women and not insult anyone. If there was - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#18. An evil man without vices was the most dangerous of all. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#19. Can you plant a sapling and expect it to grow into a tree overnight? You have to water it, nurture it, give it sunlight, rain, and manure, and then slowly, it will grow. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#20. The rich did not care who ruled, as long as they were allowed to be rich. The poor could not afford to care and nobody asked their opinion in any case. Only the middle class mattered and any half-witted ruler knows how to pamper them. - Author: Anand Neelakantan

#21. Achi used to say that, for a woman, sex was her greatest strength. Morality was nothing but a chain invented by man to enslave women. - Author: Anand Neelakantan