Submissions

In another one and a half millenia, the total weight of human bodies on this planet will exceed that of the planet itself. Mercifully, none of us will have to witness our own annihilation.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Life and Death

Let joy overflow; Let sorrow flow over.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Happiness and Misery

I live, so I think; I think, so I suffer; I suffer, so I live.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Happiness and Misery

You can say it all without uttering a word, either with flowers or with frowns.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Love and Hate

Don't break what you can't make. Silence, for example.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Is death painful? If it is, I would prefer a com(m)a before the period.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Life and Death

When the judge himself is under a cloud, the scale of justice is irrevocably tilted.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Vice and Virtue

Bad luck is no excuse for failure just as good luck is no credit for success.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Success and Failure

Striking a balance between deference and indifference is the key to a blissful old age.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Happiness and Misery

Facts can be distorted but not erased. Truth can be colored but the color runs.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Luxury has a limit, so has arrogance. But neither the arrogance of luxury nor the luxury of arrogance has any limit.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

What matters in life? Apparently everything, transparently nothing.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Life and Death

Life is not just serving time. Life is deserving time.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Even a good excuse is an excuse.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Vice and Virtue

Earning and yearning chase each other.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Beauty is relative, never superlative.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Men and Women

Life is a catechism with more questions than answers.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Life and Death

Some brains are so idle that even the devil becomes indolent there.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

If sex is taxed, nobody would file a return.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Men and Women

Life offers endless possibilities and there lies the tragedy.

Dipak Sen Gupta, in Life and Death