Month: February 2022
When in doubt, tell the truth
Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. Mark Twain Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Mark Twain
Live within
Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings – Sri Aurobindo Ghosh Yogi Aurobindo says, “Vālmīki, Vyāsa, and Kalidasa are the essences of the history of ancient India; if all else were lost, they wouldContinue reading
We are free and we will be free
If your blood does not rage, it is water that flows in your vein – Chandra Sekhar Azad
I have no special talent
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious – Albert Einstein The ancestor to every action is a thought “Great spirits have always encountered violent oppositionfrom mediocre minds.✨The mediocre mind is incapableof understandingContinue reading
Music was within me
“It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.” — Lata Mangeshkar
I am the drug
I don’t do drugs. I am drugs. – Salvador Dali There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
No heaven, No hell
Beyond the senses is the mind; above the mind is its essence; beyond that essence is the great Self; beyond the great Self is the unmanifest. Beyond the unmanifest is the One—all-pervading and without anyContinue reading
I sit with my legs crossed
They have accused me of being disrespectful towards senior colleagues and artistes like Sivaji Ganesan, because I sit with my legs crossed in front of them. It is my habit to sit with my legsContinue reading
I have to believe I can improve
Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I’m going to get better that day. – RafaelContinue reading
The unknowable
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception – Aldous Huxley There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, andContinue reading