Trust is the first step to love.
MUNSHI PREMCHANDTrees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn’t drink it herself – that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.
More Munshi Premchand Quotes
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People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.
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I will not call that person happy who knows no rest because of his enemies, who is the butt of fun by all and for whom no one has any empathy, who is as if held on a leash by others, who has lost himself in hedonistic pursuits, who preys on those weaker to him and wags his tail for his superiors.
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Wealth and compassion are opposites.
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Boys are quite often whimsical. Whereas girls are modest by nature and know their responsibilities very well. Their weapons are service, sacrifice, and love, by which they conquer over the males.
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Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn’t drink it herself – that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.
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My life is simple and rough.
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If someone ensures us two square meals a day, we will sing and pray all our waking hours. If one has to hoe sugarcane all day, devotion to God vanishes like smoke.
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Parents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
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If there were a being in the world whose eyes could look into other people’s hearts, very few men or women would be able to face up to it.
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Beauty doesn’t need ornaments. Softness can’t bear the weight of ornaments.
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What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it.
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Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
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The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.
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I believe that if man and woman cherish the same ideals and think alike, then the marriage can be complementary to each other’s work instead of being a hindrance.
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The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.
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