GAUTAM BUDDHA

Let us rise up and be thankful, 

for if we didn't learn a lot today, 

at least we learned a little, 

and if we didn't learn a little, 

at least we didn't get sick, 

and if we got sick, 

at least we didn't die.

 [Gautam Buddha]

THE WHITE TIGER BY ARAVIND ADIGA

 

Only three nations have never let themselves be ruled by foreigners: China, Afghanistan and Abyssinia. These are the only three nations I admire.

-page 5

I am not an original thinker - but I am an original listener.

-page 47

I absorb everything – that’s the amazing thing about entrepreneurs. We are like sponges – we absorb we grow.

-page 250

When you retain semen in your lower body, it leads to evil movements in the fluids of your upper body.

-page 250

You were looking for the key for years, but the door was always open.

-page 253

 

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.

-page 276

A White Tiger keeps no friends. It’s too dangerous.

-page 302

One day a cunning Brahmin, trying to trick the Buddha, asked him, Master, do you consider yourself a man or a God? The Buddha smiled and said, “Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.”

-page 315

You see, I’m always a man who sees ‘tomorrow’ when others see ‘today’.