Indian Poet Quotes

Sarojini Naidu

Sri Chinmoy

Subramanya Bharathi

Sakyong Mipham

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar

Jeet Thayil

Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is rife,
Shall sweet love prosper or high dreams have place
Amid the tumult of reverberant strife
'Twixt ancient creeds, 'twixt race and ancient race,
That mars the grave, glad purposes of life,
Leaving no refuge save thy succoring face?

All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, the call to prayer moves with it, and people kneel down in a wave to pray to God. Five waves each day - one for each namaaz - ripple across the globe from longitude to longitude. The component elements change direction, like iron filings near a magnet - towards the house of God in Mecca.

When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.

You may lose something, but you gain a double perspective, a double vision. Especially in terms of writing, or in terms of art, I think it's tremendously useful.

The Devil is a Five-headed
Snake, says the father.
The son says, Nay, it's a Six-headed one. And then their hearts burn
with hate for each others —
and they live apart for many years.

Subramanya Bharathi

My view point is essentially that of questioning layman, who enquires in order to find out the why and whither of human conduct and the achievements of history as well as the prospects of civilization.

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.

It was a day of blackest deed
When Delhi streets of fame
Did glitter well by cursed greed
Of harsh Timoor the lame.

Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa

Life is a slow suicide, and it is happening to every intellectual.

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

My mother only said: Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children.

Let us praise the tender feet
worshipped by the gods,
the feet of our Lord.

What is known is a handful; the unknown is as vast as the universe.