Some Quotes
Opening Thoughts
They may have won, but we are not going to make it easy on them
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
डिग्रिया तो तालीम के खर्चे की रसीदें है
इल्म वह है जोह किरदार में झलकती है
“I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m doing it anyway” energy.
On Spirituality and Self-Discovery
When a man is finding god, he’s finding god in everything and everyone. So when he approaches his partner, he’s trying to find god and then the way he treats them is completely different.
kuwa pyase ke paas nahi jata
You cannot guarantee and say in that moment I will think about this. No. The purpose of sadhana, the purpose of ekadashi, the purpose of all these vratas, niyamas, is so that you train the body for that moment and say in the moment when all these conditions will be replicated, may I think of you. If you have worked with it, it’s not confidence, it’s experience.
Life Philosophy
Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.
— Ralph Lauren
A wise man knows how to defeat issues without raising a hand. He who does will find a favor in anything he does.
Dedicating my life towards quality, beauty, art.
How you do one thing is how you do everything.
Most men live lives of quiet desperation.
You are not the devil. You are practice.
On Character and Strength (From Batman)
But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and they can’t stop you, then you become something else entirely.
Training is nothing. The will is everything. The will to act.
You travelled the world to understand the criminal mind and conquer your fears. But a criminal is not complicated. And what you really fear is inside yourself. You fear your own power. You fear your own anger - the drive to do great or terrible things. Now, you must journey inwards.
To conquer fear, you must become fear. You must bask in the fear of other men. And men fear most what they cannot see.
Batman Wisdom
“Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.” That’s why it’s so important. It separates us from them.
Why do we fall? So that we learn to pick ourselves back up.
What is the point of all those push-ups if you can’t even lift a bloody log?
It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.
(Ever heard of awareness?)
If you are good at something, never do it for free.
People are dying Alfred. What would you have me do? “Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They’ll hate you for it. But that’s the point of the Batman. He can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make. The right choice.”
On Action and Presence
William Arthur Ward says:
“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”
“Stop measuring days by the degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.”
— Alan Watts
Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
You are suffering from self-doubt, while others are afraid of your potential.
Self-Improvement Framework
To improve your mood, exercise.
To think more clearly, meditate.
To understand the world, read.
To understand yourself, write.
To learn faster, make it fun & atomic.
To grow faster, make it consistent.
To help people, help yourself first.
Lift weights, do jiu-jitsu, go for runs, stretch out, eat good (clean), stop drinking. If you don’t use it, you are going to lose it.
On Potential and Growth
If for 10 years you didn’t avoid doing what you knew you needed to do. What would you be like?
It’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.
The true measure of friendship isn’t how you feel about someone else. It’s about how they make you feel about yourself.
When the Devil ignores you then you know you are doing something wrong. Conversely when the Devil comes at you, you are trying to do something right.
Genius is about knowing when to stop.
On Patience and Timing
“Push through the pain. Giving up hurts more.”
— Vegeta
You don’t need to force something if you can afford to wait. A lack of patience changes the outcome.
On Poetry and Creation
I only want these poems to be known to people; known by people; to be read by them, because frankly speaking, when I write such poems, believe me, they write themselves. I feel that they’re happening. Poems happen. One doesn’t write such poems. It is not possible. :)
— Harindranath Chattopadhyay
On Focus and Productivity
Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
Wisdom from Various Sources
Leadership and Character
My kingcraft is different! People don’t follow leaders who aren’t having fun! Being able to enjoy this world is the strength of a leader that motivates the people.
As Seneca said:
“Happy is the man who can make others better, not merely when he is in their company, but even when he is in their thoughts!”
On Desire and Success
Desire is noble.
There is no shortcut to industrialization. We have to get there one step at a time.
A man does not gamble and wish for good fortune. A real man takes what he wants and creates his own.
Winners don’t make excuses when the other side plays the game.
It never gets easier. You only get faster.
From Suits
“If I can’t count on you for the effort, how the hell am I supposed to count on you for the result?”
— Jessica Pearson
“I hate talking numbers. I prefer raking them in”
Anybody can be an asshole. It takes strength to be a man.
Rachel, I am going to walk away before you and I can’t go back.
Spiritual Wisdom
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. The entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.”
— Rumi
उगीचं चिखलात उडी मरायची
आणि मग म्हणायचं देव माल वाचवत नाही
Life Lessons
“Dude you are not hot enough to be this fussy”
You’re a New Yorker now. Through & through. Even if you don’t have a place to stay. And being a New Yorker means that you fight. Every single day no matter what comes at you. Okay? And remember, nothing is real, if you don’t believe in who you are.
You’re a terrible waste of potential.
From Jujutsu Kaisen
“You despise my help so much?… Megumi, I believe your strength and potential are not weaker than Yuji. It’s just that your mental aspect is holding you back. Megumi, you don’t know how to bring out your best, right?”
“You’re only trying to judge and match those around you instead of picturing a stronger future version of yourself.”
“To die and then win, and to die victoriously… they are two completely different things, Megumi. Give it your all, and be more greedy.”
With a firm base, good sense, and imagination, humans can change with the slightest of events.
On Fear and Limits
The fears we don’t face become our limits.
I hate bad guys. They use poor imagination and sensibility to live a good life for themselves. I’m not good at dealing with kind people. They forgive those bad guys… to make them seem virtuous. It makes me sick.
What you lack is hunger to stand by your own ideals.
On Happiness and Purpose
You have to be happy. Whatever happiness means to you, as long as you are happy, my wish will be fulfilled.
Addiction is not a craving or a sobriety problem but the failure to bond with someone… with oneself
A man who lacks purpose, distracts himself with pleasure.
On Character vs. Competence
“Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.”
— Mark Manson
From Swami Vivekananda (स्वामी विवेकानंद)
स्वतः चा विकास करत रहा. लक्षात ठेवा गती आणि वाढ ही तर जिवंतपणाची लक्षणे आहेत.
सामर्थ्य जीवन आहे तर दुर्बलता मृत्यू. विस्तार जीवन आहे तर आकुंचन मृत्यू. प्रेम म्हणजे जीवन तर द्वेष म्हणजे मृत्यू.
आपण चालत असलेल्या मार्गावर जर अडचणी येत नसतील तर निश्चितच आपण चुकीच्या मार्गावर चालत आहात.
तुम्हाला कोणीही शिकवू शकत नाही, तुम्हाला कोणीही आध्यात्मिक बनवू शकत नाही. आपल्याला स्वतःच्या आतून सर्व काही शिकावे लागेल. आत्म्यापेक्षा श्रेष्ठ शिक्षक दुसरा कोणीही नाही.
दिवसातून कमीतकमी एकदा स्वतःशी नक्की बोला. नाहीतर तुम्ही तुमच्यातील एका उत्कृष्ट व्यक्तीसोबतची बैठक गमवाल.
Tagore’s Wisdom
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Dave Chappelle
“Sometimes you have to come out like a lion, so that you can be the lamb that you really are.”
— Dave Chappelle
From Succession
“You lack killer instinct, you’re wet, you’re green, you’re intellectually insecure, you are not emotionally strong enough, you have addiction issues.”
— Shiv, Succession
Fire tests gold as calamity tests strong men.
Movie Wisdom
A Walk to Remember
He made it possible for her to be in two places at once.
He named a star after her.
What’s there to talk about? She’s the best person I have ever known.
What is a friend? It’s a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
— Aristotle
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offence and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth. It’s always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes.
Our love is like the wind… I can’t see it… but I can feel it.
Perfect Days
Sometimes, you have to build the life and things you want to do.
No one sees the city lights, they just care about the warmth inside
Doing just one thing at a time.
Next time is next time. Now is now.
Shadows… do they get darker when they overlap?
Not sure
So many things I still don’t know… That’s how life ends… I guess
Jamie Foxx Movie
That guy is too rich and famous for us Albert.
Mike did anybody ever tell you, you got balls the size of a garden slug?
You see me fighting a bear, pour honey on me.
I wouldn’t get used to me being kind… once we begin that trial, nigga I will destroy you.
Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness
Because Steven, you have to be the one holding the knife.
And I always respected you for it. But I couldn’t love you for it.
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Hey. The world has changed, and none of us can go back. All we can do is our best. And sometimes the best we can do is start over.
Order only comes through pain.
Captain America: Civil War
I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage in a time when no woman wanted to see her succeed at either. She said, compromise where you can. But where you can’t, don’t. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye and say “No, you move.”
For a man who disapproves of diplomacy, you are getting quite good at it.
What is wrong? Once I start, I will again fall back. No matter how far I go, I will be same distance from the ditch. But better view. Maybe the ditch becomes beautiful? What’s the point of moving?
Longing. Rusted. Seventeen. DayBreak. Furnace. Nine. Benign. Homecoming. One. Freight Car.
This collection represents fragments of wisdom gathered from various sources - movies, books, personal reflections, and life experiences. Each quote serves as a reminder of the deeper truths we encounter in our journey of growth and self-discovery.