Periyar E. V. Ramasamy: Quotes about life

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy was Tamil politician and social reformer. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy: 94 quotes23 likes

“The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Quote in Life History Of E.V.Ramasamy, Priyar Center http://www.periyarcentre.in/abtperiyar.html <br class="br">Reform

“What for is marriage? It is to unite a man and a woman to enjoy a natural life with happiness. It is to find solace after hard work. Most of the people do not realize that marriages are for sharing pleasures of the wedded life.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

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Marriage

“I want to say a word to the Brahmins, “In the name of God, religion, sastras you have duped us. We were the ruling people. Stop this life of cheating us from this year. Give room for rationalism and humanism.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, pp. 518 & 519.
Rationalism

“It is an irony that the religious discourses which were intended to Kindle piety and religiosity in all listeners produced the opposite effect on Ramasami. As he grew up, he became convinced that some people used religion only as a mask to deceive innocent people. That was why he took it as one of the duties in his life to warn people against superstitious and priests.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Mr M.D. Gopalakrishnan, in” Rationalist /Social Reformer/”.
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“Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious not of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, pp. 518 & 519.
Brahminism

“Capitalists control the machineries. They create difficulties to the workers. Consequently rationalism, which has to lead the way for peaceful life to all, has resulted in causing poverty and worries to the people because of dominating forces”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Quoted in “Collected works of Periyar E.V.R.” p. 511.
Rationalism

“Thirkukkural was written to show a good path to the people to create values in life and to develop a good order in the society.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 506.
Thirukkural

“The Brahmins are making you fools in the name of god. He makes you have faith in superstitions. He leads a very comfortable life condemning you as untouchable. He bargains with you to offer prayers to god on your behalf. I strongly condemn this brokerage business and warn you not to believe such Brahmins anymore.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 485.
Untouchability

“Periyar was accepted and acclaimed as the leader by a significant section of the Tamil population in spite of all his contempt for Tamil and disdain for Tamils only because he was perceived to be a genuine individual, a rarity among those in public life. There was no shade of hypocrisy in him and he never attempted sophistry while propounding his social philosophy.”

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Cho Ramaswamy's remarks quoted in India Today in Builders & Breakers For the People http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/durai.html. <br class="br">About Periyar