Anand Neelakantan Quotes

India, Author
December 5, 1973

Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author,columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker. He has authored four fiction books.His debut work Asura, The Tale of the Vanquished is based on the Indian epics of Ramayana. His next book series was Ajaya-Roll of the Dice , Ajaya – Rise of Kali based ,the two books on the epic Mahabharata told from Kaurava perspective. Anand's books voice the suppressed party or the defeated party.

“One should honour women and not insult anyone. If there was”

Anand Neelakantan
- Women
- Insult
- Honour
“Success breeds pride and vanity. And pride is the only reward of success.”

Anand Neelakantan
- Success
- Pride

Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.

Anand Neelakantan
“There was no dearth of gods in my country. It only lacked men.”

Anand Neelakantan
- Men
- Gods
- Lacked
Anger is the lowest emotion. It clouds the intellect and can make you do foolish things. You become blind to reason and react only with your body, without thinking. This leads to failure in every sphere. Uproot this evil from your system.

Anand Neelakantan
- Evil
- Emotion
- Anger
The rich did not care who ruled, as long as they were allowed to be rich. The poor could not afford to care and nobody asked their opinion in any case. Only the middle class mattered and any half-witted ruler knows how to pamper them.

Anand Neelakantan
- Rich
- Poor
- Class
“I think it was the size of the dream and the willingness to act on it.”

Anand Neelakantan
- Dream
- Act
- Size
“I think it was the size of the dream and the willingness to act on it. Ravana dreamt big and strove ruthlessly to achieve it.”

Anand Neelakantan
- Dream
- Act
- Willingness

Fear is not an emotion, it is a disease. It spreads from the leader to his followers and vice-versa. Nothing has killed more men in war than fear. What should a warrior fear? Death? But death is what everyone achieves ultimately. Is it wounds that you fear? What is more important? A pint of your blood or the nectar of victory? Think. Thinking will clear such doubts.

Anand Neelakantan
- War
- Death
- Fear
Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield.

Anand Neelakantan