Top 160 Abhaidev Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Office life is bad for spirituality.”

— Abhaidev

52. “Earn, consume, and enjoy life. Offend no one; don’t get offended. Don’t take sides; don’t take a stand. Don’t interfere; don’t get affected. Just earn, consume, and enjoy life. Mature people are disgusting.”

— Abhaidev

53. “Don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate communism as an idea. I hate communism as a practice. Maybe one day the communist utopia will be realized. I don’t know! But so far none of the communist states has come close to it. Instead, what I have noticed is that communism is generally the refuge of a fascist to legitimize his dictatorship. At least that’s what history tells us.”

— Abhaidev

54. “What is this human condition? Why are we never satisfied with the choices we make? What would it take to make us really happy?”

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55. “Women have this amazing godly power. As an enemy, they can wreak havoc and behead you like Goddess Kali without even flinching or giving it a second thought. But as healers and nurturers, they can absorb all your pain like an infinite sponge, if they want to. All it took was a little touch of femininity, and I felt alive once again.”

— Abhaidev

56. “Only those who matter in this world are accused of something. Accusations are part and parcel of fame.”

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57. “One moment I want to be the most famous person in the world, the next, I desperately want to live a life of obscurity. True freedom is being completely unknown.”

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58. “We are all limited by the choices we make, and once we make even one of them, we become hard-wired to choose similar options.”

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59. “Funny, isn’t it? We middle-class people secretly want that the poor should remain poor, as poverty is a necessary condition for an easy supply of servants. Yet out in the open, we pretend that the penury of the masses concerns us deeply. We hide who we are and wear masks. All of us.”

— Abhaidev

60. “Male sexuality. So artless, so crass. Men are always over the edge, right? One little push and they tumble down the cliff.”

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61. “I need constant stimulation. I need to flow like a river. Constantly challenged, but uninterrupted.”

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62. “My non-existence shouldn’t be worth more than your existence.”

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63. “You know, nothing is stronger than blood bonds. What else is the reason for the success of life insurance policies? Why bother with what happens to your blood relatives after your death? After all, you stop existing. Why then bother about what is happening to your kids, and why be concerned about what is happening on Earth even? Well, it’s because, after one’s final exit, one lives through one’s children.”

— Abhaidev

64. “You can’t change the system unless you know it well. You can’t play chess well unless you know all the moves.”

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65. “Seriously, what is the source of our thoughts? How do artists create art? How do writers write? What is it that is doing the creating?”

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66. “Funny, isn’t it? We blame politicians for being megalomaniacs. But secretly we all are. It’s just that most of us don’t get the opportunity or are in a position to exploit others.”

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67. “Even though we are tied down, it doesn’t stop us from flying. In fact, sometimes we dare to fly for the very reason that we are tied. There can be no freedom without restraint. Only one who has restraints knows what it means to have freedom.”

— Abhaidev

68. “I believe that one is more successful in expressing oneself through written words rather than speaking. While speaking, one misses the details. But writing? Writing is different altogether. It gives us ample time to contemplate what we wish to communicate. As a result, the flow of our thoughts seems much more coherent.”

— Abhaidev

69. “In this twenty-first century, reality is virtual and truth is broader.”

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70. “You are innocent? Man, you really have a twisted view of this world. Tell you what? You are no saint either. You too are guilty. And you too are a sinner. Just like me. We both are going to Hell. But my place there will be a notch above yours.”

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71. “There is no God but Belial. I’ll tell you why. Darkness is faster than light. Hopelessness persists longer than hope. Hatred spreads quicker than love. There is no limit to pain. Happiness, however, has a limit. We must all hail Belial. The one true God.”

— Abhaidev

72. “God is both gross and divine. God is both righteous and unrighteous. He is both he and she. He is both pain and pleasure, the good and the bad. God is every aspect of this existence. It is it. That’s it. Good and bad are what humans attribute to things, people and events according to their sense of morality.”

— Abhaidev

73. “There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who go with the flow, where destiny takes them, and those who fight their fate. While the formers are blessed with happiness, the latter achieve something far greater–fulfilment.”

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74. “I sincerely believe that only those who are financially free can produce great works of art. Poor artists are too bothered about money and fame, which hampers their creativity. An artist shouldn’t have any financial pressure. One can’t create something poetic if commercial success is all one is concerned about.”

— Abhaidev

75. “Don’t die with the music inside your head; let it be heard.”

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76. “The corrupt are into rituals, whereas the virtuous are spiritual.”

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77. “You see, this is the thing about this world. When it comes to politicians, people always forget.”

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78. “If I have learned something from my life, as well excessive reading is that we all are Sisyphus. And we all realize it, eventually. Some in their thirties, some in their sixties, and some when they are on their deathbeds. And once we realize who we really are, we all ask ourselves one simple question–’What the hell was that? What the hell was all that?”

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79. “People subscribe to absolutism or relativism because it gives their minds stability. It doesn’t matter what the choice is. Our beliefs underpin our egos. So, people end up taking sides. It doesn’t matter what side you are on! Everyone here on Earth has a role to play.”

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80. “I don’t know what afflicts me now. Indecisiveness? Reluctance? Fear of being vulnerable? I am not a coward, at least. Fear isn’t equivalent to cowardice. Even a soldier deployed at the border fears bullet, which is exactly why he is able to dodge the enemy and eliminate them.”

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81. “Libet’s EEG experiments suggest that we might not have free will. If the results of the experiment are to be believed, then what is the point? What is the fun if everything is determined? Wouldn’t Almighty get bored with us? We are more than our thoughts. And we are certainly way more than our actions. But how and why?”

— Abhaidev

82. “Only an arrogant man can sense arrogance in others.”

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83. “What is pulp novel to literature, religion is to philosophy.”

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84. “When you are different and one of a kind, you are bound to have an extreme self-opinion of yourself. Either you get depressed and drown in self-pity, or you are too proud and confident.”

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85. “The question is not whether one can do it better; the question is whether one will do it at all?”

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86. “You know, people start things for different reasons. But ultimately it turns into pure passion and one becomes insatiate. There is no end once you start drinking sea water. Curiosity is an addiction for which there is no cure.”

— Abhaidev

87. “The moment you try making something poetic, it turns into propaganda. And we should avoid making art propaganda. True art, I believe, is always apolitical. True art is always devoid of agenda.”

— Abhaidev

88. “When humans are not able to fathom the behaviour, actions, and motivations of others, they dismiss them as insane.”

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89. “If surviving and passing on one’s genes is the whole point, then animals do it much better. And they do it without cribbing. We humans, however, find it difficult to even survive. We crib a lot. We are bogged down by our thoughts.”

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90. “One of the strategies which atheists adopt is proving the non-existence of God by demonstrating that He is not divine. ‘There is so much bad happening in this world, if God is out there would he allow all of that?’ It is a fallacy. A true atheist doesn’t want to prove that God is evil. A true atheist should, instead, prove God doesn’t exist at all.”

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91. “If the only point of jail is isolation, then I have served a full sentence.”

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92. “In today’s world, it is okay to assault anyone, but offending someone? That is the crime of the highest degree. Wonder why there isn’t a death penalty for that yet? Oh, wait there is. They call it blasphemy and apostasy in the middle east. They aren’t wrong; you know? What was the original sin, after all, if not offending the Abrahamic God?”

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93. “After having everything, a rich man seeks applause and reverence, for there is guilt in his mind. The guilt of having everything in this world.”

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94. “Everyone talks about an ideal man. However, as soon as you start talking about an ideal woman, you are termed misogynistic or patriarchal. Accept women the way they are. Then why not accept men the way they are? Why do only women have the prerogative to dream of a perfect man? Why can’t a man dream of a goddess?”

— Abhaidev

95. “Things were different in the past. People idolized thinkers, philosophers, artists and scientists. Today the world admires CEOs, businessmen and managers. Basically, the people who are rich and successful in terms of wealth. This is why the world today is messed up.”

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96. “We want to coalesce as sexual beings. And as spiritual beings, we want to coalesce with this universe, even if we are unsure of this being a possibility. However, one wrong move and you are stuck with someone who doesn’t help you grow intellectually or spiritually.”

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97. “You have seen me fall; now see me rise.”

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98. “I am running and running, God knows where; God knows why?”

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99. “As long as there are countries with borders in this world, nationalism would remain the highest virtue.”

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100. “You know, I have always believed that humans do have some amount of free will. Of course, this free will is absent if your bladder is full or if you want to rush to the toilet to have a dump. But once things are normal, a certain amount of leeway does exist.”

— Abhaidev