269 Quotes by Ruskin Bond

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology and everyday worship. This harmony is most evident in remote places like this, and I hope it does not loose its unique character in the ruthless urban advance.

...for everytime I see the sky I'm aware of belonging to the universe than to just one corner of the earth.

The sunlight, penetrating the gaps in the tall trees, plays chess on the gravestones, shifting slowly and thoughtfully across the worn old stones. The wind, like a hundred violins, plays perpetually in the topmost branches of the deodars.

Sometimes the weak will last for years, while the strong will suddenly collapse and die.

We remember only what we want to remember.

Everyone says she’s mad.’‘How do they know?’ I asked.‘Because she’s different from other people, I suppose.’‘Is that being mad?’‘No. Not really, I suppose madness is not seeing things as others see them.

Yesterday, I was sad, tomorrow i may be sad again, but today i know that i am happy. I want to live on and on, delighting like a pagan in all that is physical; and i know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart.

As a boy, reading was my religion. It helped me to discover my soul. Later, writing helped me to record its journey.