Surbhi S

“People worry about what other people will think before they say something—which affects what they say. In other words, our perception of reality changes reality by altering the way we might otherwise act. This leads to a self-fulfilling circularity.”
― Luke Burgis, Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want

“rivalry is a function of proximity.”
― Luke Burgis, Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want

“Sometimes when you re-read old arguments that occurred over text, you might end up feeling just as angry as you were when they first happened. The human ability – the human compulsion – to forget the exact angry words exchanged during interpersonal conflicts is actually essential to resolving those conflicts, because allowing the words, and hence their impact, to fade over time brings us closer to resolution and moving on. Digital archives preclude such possibilities entirely.”
― Ms Ria Chopra, Never Logged Out: How the Internet Created India's Gen Z

“India’s unwritten law for the truth seeker is patience; a master may purposely make a test of one’s eagerness to meet him.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi