Devdutt Pattanaik Quotes

If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.

Within infinite myths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two

There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.

Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.

Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.

The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.

In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.

Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.

Fear is a constant, and faith is a choice. Fear comes from karma, from faith arises dharma.

Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham.Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you.

that which deludes you to be unhappy can be overpowered by another delusion that causes greater unhappiness

.. The point of human life is to travel from ignorance to wisdom. In ignorance there is fear. In wisdom there peace and tranquillity.

Only the ignorant think they alone are responsible for an outcome

Animal fight to defend their bodies. Humans curse to defend their imagination of themselves.

Then be human. Let go and move on. They who hurt you cannot expand their mind. But surely you can.