Top 180 Amish Tripathi Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”

— Amish Tripathi

2. “Truth doesn’t have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.”

— Amish Tripathi

3. “There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist.”

— Amish Tripathi

4. “A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother’s womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev – All of us are Mahadev.”

— Amish Tripathi

5. “The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when you simply don’t bother about that person!”

— Amish Tripathi

6. “Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”

— Amish Tripathi

7. “No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.”

— Amish Tripathi

8. “Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”

— Amish Tripathi

9. “Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.”

— Amish Tripathi

10. “A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.”

— Amish Tripathi

11. “Ati sarvatra varjayet. Excess should be avoided; excess of anything is bad.”

— Amish Tripathi

12. “Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death everyday.”

— Amish Tripathi

13. “If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.”

— Amish Tripathi

14. “There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh – it is a holy war.”

— Amish Tripathi

15. “It’s our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.”

— Amish Tripathi

16. “Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself.”

— Amish Tripathi

17. “Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti. Truth is one, though the sages know it as many.”

— Amish Tripathi

18. “Truth is one, though the sages know it as many. God is one, though different religions approach Him differently Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus or any other form of God that you believe in. Our paths may be different. Our destination is the same.”

— Amish Tripathi

19. “Don’t turn blue all over now.”

— Amish Tripathi

20. “Yadyatkarma karomi tattadakhilam shambho tavaaraadhanam My Lord Shambo, My Lord Shiva, every act of mine is a prayer in your honour.”

— Amish Tripathi

21. “The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you don’t care a damn as to what happens to the other person.”

— Amish Tripathi

22. “Nature is not concerned about fairness, it only interested in efficiency.”

— Amish Tripathi

23. “Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want.”

— Amish Tripathi

24. “Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.”

— Amish Tripathi

25. “The most powerful force in a woman’s life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.”

— Amish Tripathi

26. “A person’s ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.”

— Amish Tripathi

27. “There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be true in another context. After all, one’s reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.”

— Amish Tripathi

28. “It is attachment that makes people forget not only their moral duties but even who they really are.”

— Amish Tripathi

29. “Knowledge seems like magic to the ignorant.”

— Amish Tripathi

30. “A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.”

— Amish Tripathi

31. “Always remember this. You don’t live with the consequences of other people’s karma. You live with the consequences of your own.”

— Amish Tripathi

32. “Be clear about what you want. But hide it well. It will help you get what you want.”

— Amish Tripathi

33. “I believe in science. It provides a solution and a rationale for everything. And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.”

— Amish Tripathi

34. “I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.”

— Amish Tripathi

35. “Khalil Gibran said that parents are like a bow, And children like arrows. The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies. I fly, not because I am special, but because they stretched for me.”

— Amish Tripathi

36. “Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu; Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate.”

— Amish Tripathi

37. “As a writer, its important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God.”

— Amish Tripathi

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38. “People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.”

— Amish Tripathi

39. “If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness.”

— Amish Tripathi

40. “Refusing to believe the truth doesn’t make it any less true.”

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41. “What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.”

— Amish Tripathi

42. “I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, its advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo.”

— Amish Tripathi

43. “Civilization is very fragile, all it takes is a few decades of chaos for us to forget humanity and turn into animals. Our base natures can take over very fast. We can forget that we are sentient beings, with laws and codes and ethics.”

— Amish Tripathi

44. “Not everyone has the spirit to keep their character strong when their stomachs are empty.’ Sunaina.”

— Amish Tripathi

45. “Don’t be afraid of the dark, my child. Light has a source. It can be snuffed out. But darkness has no source. It just exists. This darkness is a path to That, which has no source: God. Wise.”

— Amish Tripathi

46. “Just because you can’t imagine it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”

— Amish Tripathi

47. “I don’t believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not.”

— Amish Tripathi

48. “Wisdom lies in moderation, in balance.”

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49. “How can the land belong to any of us? We belong to the land!”

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50. “Smiling takes more effort than it’s worth, Your Highness.”

— Amish Tripathi