R. Gopalakrishnan > Quotes

“If a family had to go far from the village to find a match for their daughter, it was viewed with suspicion.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“You have to manage yourself before trying to manage other people or large enterprises—manage your physical self, your mental self and your happiness.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“incredulity,”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, Case of the Bonsai Manager: Lessons for Managers on Intuition

“As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, ‘The love of posterity is the consequence of the necessity of death. If a species were sure of living forever, it would not care about its offspring.”
― R Gopalakrishnan, The Case of the Bonsai Manager: Lessons for Managers on Intuition

“sceptre”
― R Gopalakrishnan, The Case of the Bonsai Manager: Lessons for Managers on Intuition

“in viewing history, one must distinguish between economic interests (a Marxian motive, power, which is driven by individual and personal gain) and ideological interests (a Fukuyama concept dealing with the values and ideas of groups of people).”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“Deaf people do not hesitate to ask for clarification if they have not understood something.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“Deaf people are direct and they communicate with their thoughts and feelings. They do not hide behind flowery words. They are economical about the way they communicate. For the same reason, they listen well too.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“You see a green object looks green, not because it is inherently green. It looks green because the object retains all colours and reflects back green. To retain something, you should not keep it, you should give it back to others. If you want to be joyful, throw joy at others. When you have money and share with others, then you will be seen as generous. The context matters.’ —late Father Jacques de Bonhome,”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, Six Lenses: Vignettes of Success, Career and Relationships

“Deaf people do not multitask, they concentrate on the interaction on hand. They cut themselves off from distractions.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“The greatest treasure that we can leave for our children is not wealth but sanskar. The more of us who can do so, the better society will be.”
― R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence