Top 15 Subhash Kak Quotes

A culture is like a lens through which people construct their world.

There is nothing as uplifting and inspiring as the Upanishads.

Since language is linear, whereas the unfolding of the universe takes place in a multitude of dimensions, language is limited in its ability to describe reality.

The idea of consciousness requires not only an awareness of things, but also the awareness that one is aware.

If social media can bring the sense of freedom, it can also bind people into delusional cults.

If chess is about decisive victory by vanquishing the enemy by taking the fight to the place where the king is located, weiqi is about consolidation of territory.

One is not a single self, although there is some common thread holding together disparate incarnations.

The clash of civilizations is nothing but a clash of different myths.

The dance of the peacock attracts not only the peahen but also the human.

Europe has resurrected its pagan gods.

If the heart sorrows over physical loss, the spirit rejoices over hope of understanding.

Modern life alienates us from Nature, even our own.

Ritual is intimately connected with the mask, either in the wearing that hides the true face, or in the adoption of a public face.

History is scraps of evidence joined by the glue of imagination.

When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.