Quotes by Shantaram Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much. Gregory David Roberts shantaram opposites love-is If fate doesn't make you laugh, you just don't get the joke. Gregory David Roberts shantaram fate laughing There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore. Gregory David Roberts shantaram path mistake when you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy. Gregory David Roberts shantaram judging enemy I don't know what frightens me more, the power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it. Gregory David Roberts shantaram crush powerful Food is music to the body, music is food to the heart. Gregory David Roberts shantaram body heart There's no heart like the Indian heart. Gregory David Roberts shantaram indian heart Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things. Gregory David Roberts shantaram new-things myth If you make your heart into a weapon, you end up using it on yourself. Gregory David Roberts shantaram weapons heart The burden of happiness can only be relieved by the balm of suffering. Gregory David Roberts shantaram burden suffering A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him. Gregory David Roberts shantaram enough men Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you. Gregory David Roberts shantaram praise people The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering. Gregory David Roberts shantaram lovers suffering The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. Gregory David Roberts shantaram cynical bigs The truth is a bully we all pretend to like Gregory David Roberts shantaram truth-is bully We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive. Gregory David Roberts shantaram forgiving Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit. Gregory David Roberts shantaram permit civilization A lot of bad stuff in the world wasn’t really that bad until someone tried to change it. Gregory David Roberts shantaram stuff world Some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you. Gregory David Roberts shantaram cry soul Shantaram is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to Shantaram, the first a prequel. Gregory David Roberts shantaram book firsts 12»