Top 35 Dipa Sanatani Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “But it was all a lie,” the Little Light says. “It was all an illusion.”

— Dipa Sanatani

2. “I am all alone in the world,” the Little Lights says. “All alone. In a cold, dark world where no one cares. Where there is no love, no light, no meaning. Where everything we cherish and love, we will one day lose.”

— Dipa Sanatani

3. “Nothing in this world is ever created or destroyed, it can only be transformed.”

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4. “The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.”

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5. “You will always be the Matriarch – the Queen of Hearts. Your hand rocked my cradle, and you ruled my world.”

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6. “Rahu says, “You know how humanity suffers, yet you know this suffering is necessary. You understand how humanity will never change unless it experiences great darkness. You know full well how hard it is for light to fight the shadows, for one cannot exist without the other.”

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7. “To be born is to know suffering. To know pain. To know fear. To know deep yearning that can never be satisfied.”

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8. “True beauty lasts through the toughest of storms.”

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9. “Even a warrior Goddess must accept that there are battles that can’t be won.”

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10. “Life is not meant to be foretold, Little Light. It is meant to be lived.”

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11. “Beautiful gems can emerge from dirt. Struggle can teach you self-discipline and resilience.”

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12. “Nowadays,” my tour guide says, “it is a man’s world here in China. But 6000 years ago, it was a woman’s world. Man and woman don’t need to get married. Man can just visit the woman’s house at night. When you have a baby, it doesn’t matter who the father is.”

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13. “For what is done cannot be undone, but its energy can be transformed into something new.”

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14. “I believe it is not the artist that chooses the muse – but rather, the muse who chooses the artist. The Muses are the original inventors, whilst we humans are their vessels.”

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15. “Unlike beauty and loveliness that fades with the passing of time, nothing and no one can ever take our wisdom and inner strength away from us.”

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16. “How souls can hold onto each other and refuse to go; how souls can attach themselves and leave tiny pieces of their own light in other Little Lights.”

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17. “It would do you some good to appreciate the reality beyond what we can see and perceive. And just because you cannot perceive something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”

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18. “I now understand that life comes with no guarantees. There is risk at the heart of every decision we make. No matter how much we plan things – or not plan anything at all – life’s plans will always take precedence over our own.”

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19. “If the human experience is born of compassion” the Little Light says angrily, “why does the Great Light curse humanity to suffer in the most unspeakable ways? Why is there so much grief, pain, and tragedy in the world?” Ketu gives a sardonic smile. The questions are easy to answer, but difficult to fully comprehend. It is one thing to gain knowledge, and another to experience it and fully understand its true meaning.”

— Dipa Sanatani

20. “She knew freedom once, a long time ago. She barely remembers it anymore. The man stands there baffled. She stares at the man who’s loved her all these years. She’s scared of the wild now. She’s been tamed by his nurture.”

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21. “The Universe can exist without intelligence. it cannot exist without compassion.”

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22. “I’ve been around the world now, but the alleys of my childhood will always be special. I carry the old stories and memories with me wherever I go.”

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23. “Humans are fond of chasing illusions,” Pirouzeh says.”

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24. “No soul- no matter how great or how small- can avoid pain. Sometimes the greater the destiny, the greater the amount of pain. Knowing that nothing lasts forever. That all things must come to pass.”

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25. “I had so much to learn back then. I thought that being a man meant putting yourself first and bullying others into following you, no matter what the cost. Now I understand that being a man means taking responsibility, and taking charge as a leader, so that others will follow you of their own volition. – Mars from The Little Light.”

— Dipa Sanatani

26. “I believe that when we come into this world, we are not promised glory, fortune, fame, a happy family or really anything at all. All we get is the journey. And in these pages, you will find mine. -Dipa to her Grandfather.”

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27. “The Little Light realizes that it is our attachments that cause us grief, for life must go on in the cyclical dance of life and death.”

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28. “The landscape of Singapore is different now. Modern buildings scratch the skyline with a pomp and display that wasn’t there in days gone by. Old and new come together to create a modern Singapore that was still in the process of being made as I grew up.”

— Dipa Sanatani

29. “This is how it has been since the beginning. Everything in the world of matter has its equal and opposite counterpart.”

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30. “I can hear my muse whispering tenderly in my ear. There is a story that wants to be told, and I’m merely its chosen vessel.”

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31. “I will chart my own territory. My own course. I will walk on that path that has never been walked before because I am not afraid of the unknown.”

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32. “Do you promise to watch over me?” the Little Light asks.”

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33. “Every entrepreneur begins with a desire and a vision. Along the way, one inevitably encounters the difficulties of manifesting one’s vision in the world. But that’s part of the journey. It isn’t easy, but with one step at a time and one day at a time, you will get there.”

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34. “I was particularly fascinated by the story of the circumstances that led to the development of tertiary education in China. It seems hard to imagine – but there was a time when institutionalized education, formal curricula and exams didn’t exist.”

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35. “The entrepreneur’s mind-set is completely different to the employee’s mind-set. The entrepreneur finds it abhorrent to conform to organizational norms, whilst the employee finds joy and stability in all that’s tried and true. It’s not that one’s wrong and the other is right. It’s the mind-set that differentiates the two.”

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36. “Humanity evolves because of those who are unafraid to chart their own course.”

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37. “I simply don’t have it in me to define my life’s success playing someone else’s game and following someone else’s rulebook.” – Dipa to her Grandfather.”

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38. “Unfortunately, many souls do not step up to their soul task. After all, once the soul inhabits a human body it grows fearful of the unknown. Instead of embracing its true purpose, the soul runs from its own destiny, thinking that if it avoids it long enough those longings, those yearnings will just disappear. Some souls slip further and further into the abyss until they have nowhere left to go.”

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39. “There are battles that can’t be won.”

— Dipa Sanatani