62 Quotes by Dipa Sanatani

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.

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.

Women have the waxing and waning of the moon to guide them. Maiden. Mother. Crone. But men? They have no such dramatic transitions. No monthly bleed governed by the Moon. No menarche. No menopause. No dramatic bodily rites of passage.

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.

The soul always chooses the heart’s desire.

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

It is not that Mars doesn’t feel afraid, it is that he doesn’t let his fear stop him from doing what he wants to do, and what he needs to do.

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.

The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.