Inspirational Quotes by Valsan Thampu
“Character is the measure of our freedom from the tyranny of our instincts. It is the space we create between our urges and our actions.”
“It was from Andrews that I learned that practising the ‘St. Stephen’s College vision of education’ involves a dual vision – one eye focused on what the missionary founders called ‘the total life of the college’, and the other free to wander beyond her boundaries and to respond to the issues and needs that emerge from time to time.”
“Here, for the first time, I tell the story. The story that was lost, like a needle, in a haystack of reportage.”
“At the age of seventeen, I became father and mother to three siblings. It became an irreducible aspect of my being. At the deathbed of my mother I intuited the joyous solidity of caring for others, if need be, by burning at both ends.”
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Valsan Thampu ( - )
Rev. Valson Thampu, who combines wide-ranging experiences in higher education, social action, multi-faith initiatives, media, preaching, research and writing, has been engaged in mainstreaming the Christian presence in India. Leaving the certainties of a coveted job, he plunged into public life a few years ago and has become, in a short span of time, a household name.A proponent of the “spirituality of seeking,” as against the religiosity of mere compliance, Rev. Valson’s writings are distinguished for their originality of thought and freshness of style. All of his writings are a contemporary response to the words of Jesus, “Cast your net in the deep”.