At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

- Amish Tripathi

This attitude is basic human nature. We'd rather look outward and blame others for ills that befall us than point the finger at ourselves.

- Amish Tripathi

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

- Amish Tripathi

One makes one's own luck, but you have to give the universe the opportunity to help you.

- Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

Shared secrets have way of creating bonds

- Amish Tripathi

But remember, great Good will, more often than not, lead to great Evil.

- Amish Tripathi

Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand,may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.

- Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

The rivers fight with each other with the only currency that they know water. We humans fight with the only currency that we know in this age violence.

- Amish Tripathi

A leader is not just a person who gives orders. He is also the one who symbolises the society he leads. If the leader is corrupt, then the society must be corrupt too.

- Amish Tripathi

If the universe is trying to maintain balance, we must aid this by ensuring that Good is not enjoyed excessively. Or else the universe will re-balance itself by creating Evil to counteract Good. That is the purpose of Evil: it balances the Good.

- Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras