36 Quotes About Sri-lanka

They [Sinhalese leaders] had clearly established their predilection for the Sinhalese national identity. Though the minority [Tamil] leaders elucidated a great deal of reasoning in this discussion, the Sinhalese leaders... remained steadfast in their decision to have the Lion flag, flexing their muscle of majority for their uncompromising loyalty for their Sinhalese nationality.

නූගත් අවිචාරශීලී මිනිසුන් කුපිත කිරීමට මේ බොරු සිංහල බෞද්ධ හැඟීම තරම් තවත් කදිම නිමිත්තක් නොමැති බව ඔහු දනී. ජාතියකට, ආගමකට හෝ කුලයකට එරෙහිව අවි අමෝරා ගන්නට බුද්ධ ධර්මයේ කොතනකවත් සටහන් වී නොතිබීම, එහිදී ඔහුට අබැටක තරම්වත් වැදගත් නැත.

In Sri Lanka curiosity was not a trait encouraged among children, particularly in girls, because those in power- often males, but anyone older, or of higher caste, education or influence- were always right and their reasons needn't be explained or understood to the subordinate.

It was not to flaunt feelings of superiority that the elders of the Kaisaruwatte family clung to the traditions of their patrician lineage, but for self-preservation of themseleves and their way of life, now declining in the face of social change. It was their inability to adapt to change due to the rigidity of their adherence to tradition, that was also the cause of their decline.

Sri Lanka is a beautiful little island nation parked perilously close to India; a little too hot, a little too humid, and perhaps too expensive, but to its credit are fantastic beaches, strangely melancholy hills, and the ruins of kingdoms past.

Life in this form is one-time chance, death is the inevitable consequence for anyone who is born. The record of one’s death is the primary respect one could render to the lost one. Tears of all relatives of missing people are indeed flowing due to this invaluable action by the authority.

Will there be people who will have the conscience to contribute to the country by changing themselves first? That is the need of the moment.

Ich glaube fest daran, dass jede Generation ihre eigene Aufgabe hat. Die Generation unserer Eltern hatte die Aufgabe die Perle des indischen Ozeans, die wunderschöne Insel Sri Lanka zu verlassen, um sich, und gerade uns, ein Leben in Sicherheit zu schenken. Dafür sollten wir Ihnen unendlich dankbar sein. Und die einzige Möglichkeit die ich sehe, wie wir dies zurückzahlen können, ist jede Chance die uns gegeben wird, zu nutzen, alles aus unserem Leben zu machen.

That day, I realized that dreams without means were like helium balloons, just flying in the air with no goal, no direction, just straying in empty space.