Kuruvilla Pandikattu quotes

Life is security and daring,/ Life is protection and risk,/ Life is openness and closure,/ It is safety and adventure. (Kuruvilla Pandikattu)
You are a surprise for me./ Every moment./ You are unpredictable in your love./ You cannot be controlled by my love. View quote
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To be alive is to feel the joy of being./ In spite of the sorrows and joys of life/ The primary joy is that of being./ That of my existence. / That I exist is the most fundamental experience is joy for me!/ I, who do not deserve to, really exist./ I, who need not, do exist!/ I, who may not, do exist. View quote
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There is a deeper joy in emptying ourselves. View quote
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The secret of joy is: To know the world and its evil powers ... and still preserve the hope. View quote
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A parable is fascinating/ In its paradoxical invitation/ In the subversion of values/ In the unconditional acceptance of life/In its total affirmation of life/ Without ifs, buts and ... View quote
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The paradox of life is: Joy prepares one for more sadness and the other way around also. View quote
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To be free is not an ideal/ But a concrete, specific commitment/ Commitment to a person, to a cause to an issue! View quote
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Joy emerges from my little, timid life/ of everydayness and temerity. View quote
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Freedom is basically a spiritual longing/ That can only be filled by a spiritual power. View quote
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To discover meaning is somehow to see the relatedness with everything else,/ However vaguely it may be;./ To find meaning is to see the purpose of things,/ However hazily it may be. (Kuruvilla Pandikattu)
Fiction is made of life/ Of earth and clay/ Of tears and laughter/ Of blood and sweat/ Hear them, the works of an author or a painter/ The singer and the clown/ Preserve the mystery of life. View quote
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The joy that is everywhere/ Is the true joy of being/ The joy that is life itself! View quote
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Freedom makes life not easy/ But noble and worthwhile! View quote
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Death: frightening and inevitable./ It is necessary to give rise to better offspring./ It is necessary to give way to a better life-style/ It is necessary due to the law of nature. View quote
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Love is the source of our hope/ Love is the basis of our vision/ Love is the goal of our progress/ Love is our world. View quote
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Love is Human: Own it/ Love is Bodily: Feel it/ Love is Divine: Revere it/ Love is Surrender: Transcend it/ Love is Life: Be! View quote
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Love enables the emergence of ecstasy/ That of enchantment with life. View quote
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The reward of joy is joy itself; not for its own sake; but for the sake of others. View quote
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Death stares at me/ Death pushes me forward/ Attracts me onwards/ And carries me on/ And that is my life! View quote
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Real genuine joy is borne of sadness and sorrow. (Kuruvilla Pandikattu)
Thus genuine joy is contagious/ Reaching out, especially, to the underprivileged/ And in this sense, enables a circle of compassion/ Involving the larger community of life itself. View quote
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Calm and peaceful mind/ Prevents us from being a slave to the other/ Ana makde us in charge of/ Our own happiness and fulfilment. View quote
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As ever approachable and never attainable,/ the journey ventures on and on/ Without limit and borders/ And with full openness toward the infinite possibilities. View quote
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There is a deeper joy in emptying ourselves/ A deeper fulfilment in commitment/ A nobler life in letting ourselves go/ a truer self in not clinging on to my self! View quote
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Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Occupation: Indian Philosopher
Born: November 28, 1957
Quotes count: 56
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