Top 180 Abhaidev Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “As far as monks are concerned, I believe that they are bad experiencers. They know nothing about the struggles of a normal human being. The struggle to stay alive. The struggle to survive in this capitalist world. The trauma of being in a bad relationship. Juggling between the myriads of emotions and sentiments. These monks are oblivious to such battles which a normal human being fights every day.”

— Abhaidev

152. “There are two kinds of religions; those which we can criticize, and those which I shouldn’t be talking about.”

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153. “I don’t want enlightenment. I want to enjoy this life. There is a reason why God gifted us with a mind and five senses. We wouldn’t be having them if our goal was to undermine their existence. We are here to feel. Emotions, pleasure and pain of all sorts. Becoming emotionally numb is, therefore, not our purpose. It certainly can never be!”

— Abhaidev

154. “It’s not a sin to be obsessed with money, for without it, there can be no material benefits. But what about the richness of experience? The richness of knowledge or that of the inner world? These are the questions that people belonging to the present generation must ponder upon.”

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155. “I can tell you good news, but it will be false. I can tell you bad news, but it will be true. Make a choice!”

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156. “We shouldn’t use ‘should’ too much.”

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157. “This extensive reading was the beginning of my second transformation. I was an intellectual in the making. At least that is what I believed. Perhaps raising my intellect would numb my animalistic instincts, I was of the view. Perhaps I will stop thinking about love and girls. I would find my true purpose. I would think about something higher. But who is to say what is higher? Who is to say what is gross and what is empyrean? And what the hell is ‘true purpose’ in the first place?”

— Abhaidev

158. “Are we just radio sets? Tuned to a particular frequency? Are our brains simply tapping their potential from an invisible but universal thought cloud? 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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159. “Try yoga! Think about the good stuff! Keep yourself engaged! It’s all in your mind! Duh! It is! But is more of a chemical imbalance! I don’t know why people don’t take mental ailments as normal. People are accepting of AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, etc. But mental ailments? They are just all in the mind!”

— Abhaidev

160. “I want an intense life. Intense sorrow and intense happiness. Intense loneliness and intense kinship. Intense love and intense hatred. Intense regret and intense hope. Intense pain and intense pleasure. Only then will I feel alive.”

— Abhaidev

161. “There are some souls who develop a penchant and an unhealthy appetite for a certain kind of experience. So, they experience an awful lot of those experiences. These souls are addicted, just like a smoker is, to cigarettes. But it does not make them any less inferior or bad. It just delays their journey.”

— Abhaidev

162. “Yes, he is stubborn indeed, and people often accuse him of being a fascist with utter disregard for the idea of democracy. But if a leader wouldn’t be resolute, authoritative, forceful and unflinching while making tough decisions, then who would be?”

— Abhaidev

163. “The word ‘God’ is a part of language and its grammar. Even if the whole world turns atheist tomorrow, the incredible arrangement of these three letters would still survive.”

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164. “Walking on the path of Buddha is a slippery slope. One bad experience, just one mistake, and enlightenment goes wrong. One becomes a raging beast, instead of a God.”

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165. “There are only four types of humans that dwell on the surface of our planet. Those who kneel before money, those who bow down before power, those who prostrate themselves before the ‘divine’, and those, a few misguided and messed up individuals, who care more about the afterlife than the present one.”

— Abhaidev

166. “I personally feel that karma yoga makes much more sense if one is seeking transcendence. We weren’t thrown in this world just to deny and run away from it. A man must be a doer and not an escapist.”

— Abhaidev

167. “When it’s pitch dark and you are navigating through an unknown terrain, the flashlight in your hand doesn’t illuminate the entire path. However, it lets you know enough about the immediate, to steer you safely towards the destination, one step at a time.”

— Abhaidev

168. “Even if we are all running on a treadmill, it is helping us, because we are becoming leaner and fitter. Our soul is losing its excessive fat. It is on its way to becoming the best version of itself.”

— Abhaidev

169. “Office: A hell, by the people, of the people, for the people.”

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170. “When has this world not been in a state of war? There will always be competing ideologies. There will always be people fighting for narratives and what they believe is right. Peace is a myth. An illusion.”

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171. “Does it really matter if we reach our destination or not? As long as you are enjoying the view, going in circles also counts.”

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172. “It is easier to be vile together than to be virtuous alone.”

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173. “Odd as it may seem, mockery and criticism of a common subject is the best way to be on the same page and form bonds with each other.”

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174. “I can read books. I can flow like a river. I can absorb everything that comes my way, good or bad.”

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175. “I believe that controlling the desire to relish tasty food and tolerating hunger is a basic requirement if one wants to tread the path of enlightenment. Hunger is the most primal, most basic urge. The first thing newborns of every species come to know is hunger. It is hunger that drives human beings to do great stuff, and it is the very same hunger that drives them to do the unthinkable.”

— Abhaidev

176. “I can stay still. I can observe. I can wait.”

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177. “Odd as it may seem, mockery and criticism of a common subject is the best way to be on the same page and form bonds with each other. It is easier to be vile together than to be virtuous alone.”

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178. “What matters is hope. The conviction that this Universe has an order, even if it is untrue.”

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179. “When has this world not been in a state of war? There will always be competing ideologies. There will always be people fighting for narratives and what they believe is right. Peace is a myth. An illusion. There is always something brewing. The world is always at war. Or at least a part of it. People become Buddhas by choice, not because of their surroundings.”

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180. “Those who know the ultimate truth are so intoxicated by it that they don’t bother telling about it to others.”

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181. “We are having philosophical and spiritual seizures. Only, these convulsions are mental, instead of physical.”

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182. “But do parents really desire truly great people as their children?”

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183. “It is just a simple question – ‘And then what?’ But its consequence? Manifold!”

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184. “Money isn’t the most precious of all resources. Time is. Those who have a lot of it to spare on themselves are the richest. Those who have a lot of it to spend on others are the kindest.”

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185. “Hills are where gods reside. Hills are where the doors to divinity open.”

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