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1909–1959 Nepal
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (Nepali: लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा, 12 November 1909 – 14 September 1959) was a Nepali poet, playwright, and novelist. Honoured with the title of Maha Kavi (literal translation: 'Great Poet') in Nepali literature,and is known as the poet with the golden heart.
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That we usually call Education is making man stupid.
The amount I have learned till B.A, I believe in three years time i can put inside little children's mind better, reciting stories...
I enjoy gambling, I find ample opportunity in gambling to engage my mind and study.
Among various games of man created to engage his mind, gambling is the most interesting and which comes the nearest to life's gain-loss, rise-fall.
I want to see what is there in the heart! Natural curiosity!
At breaking the backbone on the people's rights.
A man's greatness is determined by his heart not by the caste and the lineage he brings.
The major element of creation is love, and the major action of love is Art.
The chief element of creation is love and the chief action of love is Art.
The soul is desiring one thing, education is providing something else.
Truth shines through feelings..But in the heart there is the brightness of God. I assume feelings or emotions as primary, desiring and thinking come later.
Art is the beautiful illustration of Truth from the creative imagination. The truth is in our life and unless it comes from the formlessness to the form we do not realize it.
I call education that, which makes man a complete human, which teaches to utilize time...manufactures belief...
Science cannot find everything and our psychological studies end within the darkness of intellect. This is why no teacher can teach.
When the creative imagination sees new dreams rising above from imitation and maneuvers its works in its own manner, there Art springs.
Schools are industries to manufacture machines.
As long as we aspire to become great in this world or keep feelings to do things and show our pride, Bairagya is impossible.
You have a brain, my friend; but I have a heart.
Science cannot satisfy his curiosity and Man searches for glimpses beyond the Sciences through the magic of emotional and imaginative world, where man feels self-satisfied as if he is near the truth.
It is a cowardice to not move forward in opportunity. We cannot live in a life devoid of danger.
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