Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay quotes

[N]o study is likely to be fruitful of results if carried on without a system. The majority of those who pursue knowledge for its own sake pursue it after an aimless and desultory fashion. (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)
When a man is in doubt what to do, he goes wherever he happens to be first called. View quote
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Prose must be written in language that is well understood by its readers. The world would hardly miss those literary works that are mastered by only half-a-dozen pundits. View quote
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Woman is the crowning excellence of God's creation ... Woman is light, man is shadow. View quote
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Woman is the crowning excellence of God's creation, the shadow of the gods. Man the god's creation only. Woman is light, man is shadow. View quote
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay