Kalki Krishnamurthy Quotes

If it is natural for lightning to strike the earth, why doesn’t it strike each and every one of us? Why does it not blind us all?

Kalki Krishnamurthy

• Earth
• Natural
• Blind
• Lightning
• Strike

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  • Earth
  • Natural
  • Blind