Indian Culture Quotes

• India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

  Mark Twain

  Mother, Past, Men

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• A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: The voice of truth”

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• Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

  Roland Joffe

  Thinking, Giving, Mind

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• The true India resides in its villages.

  Charan Singh

  Powerful, India, Village

  WebIndia123 profile for Chaudhary Charan Singh, www.webindia123.com. March 06, 2014.

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• I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don't think one lifetime is enough to encompass it.

  M. F. Husain

  Unique, Thinking, Media

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• The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Real, Expression, Hands

  "Science & Technology in India Through the Ages". Book by George Bernard Shaw (p. 213),

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• Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Community, Culture, Indian

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Independence, India

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• Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni

  Culture, Bigs, Indian

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• Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.

  Evo Morales

  Political, Enemy, Culture

  "Capitalism Has Only Hurt Latin America". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

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• The turn of the century was the lowest point for the devastation of Indian culture by disease and persecution, and it's a wonder to me that they survived it and have not only maintained their identity, but are actually growing stronger in some ways. The situation is still very bad, especially in certain geographical areas, but there are more Indians going to school, more Indians becoming professional people, more Indians assuming full responsibility in our society. We have a long way to go, but we're making great strides.

  N. Scott Momaday

  School, Responsibility, Growing Stronger

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• When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Life, Death, Wisdom

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.

  Salman Khurshid

  Writing, People, Accountability

  "‘Can’t be taken seriously till you are 70’". Interview with Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, www.telegraphindia.com. 1995.

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• Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

  Standing Bear

  Inspirational, Life, Nature

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• In writing of Indian culture, I am highly conscious of my own subjectivity; arguably, there is more than one Indian culture, and certainly more than one view of Indian culture.

  Shashi Tharoor

  Writing, Views, Culture

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• Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Knowledge, Library, World

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.194, U of Nebraska Press

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• The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Untouchables, Purification, Untouchability

  Mahatma Gandhi (1964). “Caste Must Go and the Sin of Untouchability”

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• Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Death, Song, Hero

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.

  Sherman Alexie

  Art, Kids, Drawing

  Interview with Joelle Fraser, ir.uiowa.edu. 2000.

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• We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth was beautiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Beautiful, Native American, Blessing

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “My People the Sioux”, p.17, U of Nebraska Press

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• Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Real, Animal, Sky

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.193, U of Nebraska Press

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• The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Wise, Native American, Heart

  Luther Standing Bear (1978). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.197, U of Nebraska Press

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• India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

  Joe Perry

  Long, Feelings, Different

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• Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Native American, Men, White Man

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.38, U of Nebraska Press

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• The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Wise, Native American, Heart

  Luther Standing Bear (1978). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.197, U of Nebraska Press

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