You haven't known wisdom until you've read Shekhar Kapoor's bite sized life lessons
You haven’t known wisdom until you’ve read Shekhar Kapoor’s bite sized life lessons

The renowned filmmaker’s insight can teach you a thing or two about life

 

 

 

 

 

     

  • The ideas that changed the world came from those who did not give up on themselves even when everyone else did.
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  • Creativity is like surfing. You wait for the big wave and catch it. Every one applauds you. But, you still needed the big wave.
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  • Defeat can only exist in the acceptance of defeat.
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  • Remember when you first felt the pangs of falling in love? All boundaries disappeared and time stood still? That’s the secret to life.
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  • Holding on to the past is like being chained while you dance in the present.
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  • The more vulnerable you allow yourself to be, the more creativity will sparkle through you, and the more alive you will be.
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  • The key to longevity and eternal youth is to be constantly in a state of wonder.
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  • God exists only because you asked the question. Because you wondered
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  • Nothing is random. If anything is random, then everything is random.
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  • Afraid of the sheer intimacy and vulnerability of silence, we use words to protect and defend ourselves.
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  • If beauty was perfect, it would be boring. Nothing that was perfect would provoke our imagination or make us creative.
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  • In the unfamiliar lies true adventure. In adventure lies creativity. The addiction to habit and familiarity kills creativity.
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  • Don’t like the story of your life? Tell yourself a different story. You are a prisoner of the story you tell yourself. Break free.
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  • The greatest block to your potential is you, yourself. Your path is strewn with thorns of your misplaced ego.
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  • Who else deserves Param Vir Chakras? The desperately poor who still wake up and hope. True courage lies in facing life.
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  • A culture that builds walls against rebellion isolates itself from tides of change and becomes redundant. To create, you must rebel. To create an innovative society you must foster a rebellious society.
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  • Love and obsession are not the same. Love does not exist in ownership. It exists in freedom. You can’t cage it in obsession.
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  • The purpose of life is to live life as joyfully and compassionately as possible. There is no greater purpose beyond that.
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  • Standing on edge of the unknown, wondering whether to jump or not? My advice? The more you are afraid of it, the more reason to jump.
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  • Don’t burden yourself with secrets about yourself. They are mere illusions about yourself that are hidden from no one except you.
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  • There’s no human being who is not beset by doubt. The greater your dreams, the greater the doubt. Just don’t let doubt lead you to inertia.
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  • Make sure you express your enthusiasm for what you are passionate about. Shout as loud as possible. Let the world and god know.
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  • Your destiny is constantly revealing itself to you. But, your attention is somewhere else. Bring it back to this moment. To now.
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  • In resolving emotional conflict, remember that your emotions are not just about the current problem. They carry a lifetime of prejudiced memories.
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  • You’d be surprised how many arguments have been won by silence.
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  • Others’ success is not your failure. Nor is others’ failure your success.
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  • When you lose sight of a larger purpose, then smaller things take over. For you no longer have the passion to overcome them.
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  • There must be an end to the human desire to consume. Those who can are consuming our planet in the name of economic growth.
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  • To give love opens your heart to receive love. One does not exist without the other.
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  • Envy of others is like running a hurdle race while watching others’ hurdles, not yours. What else will you do but stumble and fall?
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  • Hope is like opening the windows of a dark room and letting the sun stream in. Love is the sun that streams in.
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  • When you’re angry, write a long letter to the one you trust most. Express yourself fully. Don’t send it. Just read it again the next day.
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  • A lesson on love: Be vulnerable. Be so vulnerable that the pain of a falling leaf breaks your heart.
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