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21 " A rich entrepreneur who lives a simple life with his family while helping as many people as he can, is more monk than a monk who lives a secluded life in a monastery meditating and begging. "
― Abhijit Naskar , Monk Meets World
22 " The world is mine, its problems are mine. "
23 " Where will the ocean go to appease its thirst?Where will the sun go to have some light?Where will the tree go to get some shade?Yet, do they cease their duty, since no one hears their plight! "
24 " God is not up there - God is right here - in you, in me, in each one of us. "
25 " It's not enough for the torch of liberty to be held up high only by one woman, every human must hold the torch up high in every corner of the world. "
26 " Criticism is the weapon of the lesser human - it's the weapon of the creature that's incapable of original thinking and original action. "
27 " If you are thinking of becoming a monk, in the conventional sense of the term, then let me tell you this, don’t waste your life force in being a hobo with a fancy uniform - put it to some good use instead. "
28 " Nothing has more power over a man than a woman's tears. "
29 " Raise your head now or your children will live with their heads down for the rest of their life. "
30 " A Monk's life has to do with simplicity, curiosity and compassion - contrary to the popular notion, it has no direct relation to poverty and seclusion. "
31 " La divinidad que sigues buscando en las montañas, en las selvas, en los desiertos, yace dormida dentro de ti. "
32 " Civility applies while dealing with humans, but while dealing with primitive apes in the shape of humans, you must be firm, because if you are not, these apes will turn this world back into the jungle whence we came. "
33 " Världen är min, dess problem är min. "
34 " You know what I am - I am the same thing that you are. I am the torch, as well as the torch-bearer - I am harmony, as well as the advocate of harmony - I am progress, as well as the driver of progress - I am humanity's beacon of oneness - I am humanity's struggle for equality - I am humanity's fight for justice - and this is not I speaking to you, this is you speaking to yourself - for you and I are not separate, but one eternal all-encompassing reflection that has the potential to resonate through the chambers of time, once it recognizes, realizes and utilizes its reverberating responsibilities towards the world it's born in. "
35 " The right words spoken at the right place with the right amount of emphasis can demolish discrimination, eliminate sectarianism, and they can also rejuvenate human conscience and raise up empires of truth and liberty. "
36 " Once you see yourself reflected on the face of others, that's when you know that you have truly become enlightened. "
37 " Saint or sage or the awakened being is not the one free from all desires and expectations, but the one who has an active conscience to see the real implications of those desires and expectations and then act accordingly for the best possible outcome for the self as well as the society. "
38 " Better foster wisdom, before you destroy the world with your arrogance of intelligence. "
39 " If a nation is backward, it's because of its parents and teachers, who raise either spineless insects or unscrupulous con artists. "
40 " Who says there's no God, every human who helps a human, is God. "