Kuruvilla Pandikattu: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Life is security and daring,/ Life is protection and risk,/ Life is openness and closure,/ It is safety and adventure.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Life: Relish It!
Life: Relish It! (2012)

Life

“You are a surprise for me./ Every moment./ You are unpredictable in your love./ You cannot be controlled by my love.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Source: Life: Relish It! p. 96. (2001)

Love

“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.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Death: Live It! p. 130.
Death: Live It! (2005)

Life , Feeling , Joy

“There is a deeper joy in emptying ourselves.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p. 44.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Joy

“The secret of joy is: To know the world and its evil powers … and still preserve the hope.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p.54.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Secret , World , Hope , Evil

“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 …”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Source: Life: Relish It! (2012)

Life

“The paradox of life is: Joy prepares one for more sadness and the other way around also.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p. 36.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Life , Sadness , Way , Joy

“To be free is not an ideal/ But a concrete, specific commitment/ Commitment to a person, to a cause to an issue!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Freedom: Foster It! p. 22.
Freedom: Foster it! (2004)

Personality

“Joy emerges from my little, timid life/ of everydayness and temerity.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p. 42.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Life , Joy

“Freedom is basically a spiritual longing/ That can only be filled by a spiritual power.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Freedom: Foster It! p. 114.
Freedom: Foster it! (2004)

Freedom

“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

Life: Relish It!
Life: Relish It! (2012)

“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.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Life: Relish It!
Life: Relish It! (2012)

Life , Tear , Laughter

“The joy that is everywhere/ Is the true joy of being/ The joy that is life itself!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p. 140.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Life , Joy

“Freedom makes life not easy/ But noble and worthwhile!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Freedom: Foster It! p. 30.
Freedom: Foster it! (2004)

Life , Freedom

“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.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Death: Live It! p. 20.
Death: Live It! (2005)

Life , Death , Law , Way

“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.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Life: Relish It! p. 141.
Love: Be it! (2001)

Love , World , Hope

“Love is Human: Own it/ Love is Bodily: Feel it/ Love is Divine: Revere it/ Love is Surrender: Transcend it/ Love is Life: Be!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Life: Relish It! Back Cover
Love: Be it! (2001)

Love , Life , Feeling

“Love enables the emergence of ecstasy/ That of enchantment with life”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Life: Relish It! p. 47
Love: Be it! (2001)

Love , Life

“The reward of joy is joy itself; not for its own sake; but for the sake of others.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Joy: Share it! p.134.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

Joy

“Death stares at me/ Death pushes me forward/ Attracts me onwards/ And carries me on/ And that is my life!”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

Death: Live It! p. 57
Death: Live It! (2005)

Life , Death