22 posts tagged “artensoul.com”

The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.

Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.

A hateful act is the transference to tothers of the degradation we bear in ourselves.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Vices can be learn, even without a teacher.

Talent is always conscious of its abundance, and does not object to sharing.

Reading is to mind what exercise is to body.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future. -- Victor Hugo

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool for ever. -- Chinese proverb

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it. -- Marianne Williamson

To choose what is difficult in one's days, as if it were easy; that is faith. -- W H Auden

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by the change. -- Thomas Hardy

You can touch the same river twice, for flowing water will never be the same. -- Heraclitus

The future has a way of arriving unannounced. -- George Will

When you come to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on. -- Franklin D Roosevelt

The thing always happens that you believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. -- Frank Lloyd Wright

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. -- Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Do we all not agree to call a rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? --George Eliot

First say to yourself what you would be; then start doing what you have to do. -- Epictetus

Inspiration and genius -- one and the same. (?) -- Victor Hugo

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. -- Charles Darwin

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. -- William James

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. -- William Penn

One who understands much, displays a greater simplicity of charactor than one who understands a little. -- Alexander Chase

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness and dies by chance. -- Jean-Paul Sartre (it is so difficult for me understand him)

Books are the money of literature, but only the counter of science. -- Thomas Huxley

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength.

The first step to getting things you want out of your life is to decide, what you want.

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.

A real friend is the one who walks in, when the rest of the world has walked out.

The true measure of man's wealth is in things he can afford not to buy.

In the middle of difficulty lies the opportunity.

If truth doesn't save us, what does it say about us? -- Lois McMaster Bujold

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it. -- Anonymous

I'm going to a special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is special while I'm here. --Payne Stewart

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprises. -- Alice Walker

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. -- Abraham Lincoln

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -- Malcolm Forbes

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self fulfilling prophecy. -- Brian Tracy

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourself awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. -- Henry David Thoreau

Natural ability without education has more often attained glory and virtue than education without natural ability. -- Cicero

Getting what you go after is success; but liking it while you are getting it is happiness.

There is not end to what we can achieve - provided we don't mind who gets the credit.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

Never deprive someone of hope. It may be all they have.

The greatest risk you can take in life is to risk nothing.

Following happiness is like chasing the wind or clutching the shadow.

Happy is the person who can endure the highest and lowest fortune.

Good health and good sense are two great blessings.
Doubt who you will, but never doubt yourself.
God gives every bird its food, but He never drops it in their nest.
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.
You are not defeated unless you think you are.
Knowledge is power but action gets things done.
Life is like a mirror - it never reflects more than we can put into it.
The mind grows by the books it feeds on.
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because who look on and do nothing. -- Albert Einstein
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. -- Desmond Tutu
Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things. -- Surya Das
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the great whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. -- Honore de Balzac
Whenever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual. -- David Steindl-Rast
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with live, grace and gratitude. -- Denis Waitley
People living deeply have no fear of death. -- Anais Nin
In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinion and principles. -- Epictetus
Stay happy and be reasonable. -- Arunoday
Your worst enemies can not harm you as much your own unguarded thoughts. -- Buddha

The toughest thing about success is that you have to keep on being success.
Destiny is not matter of chance, it is matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. -- William Jennings Bryan
Manage yourself; lead others.
All wisdom can be stated in two lines; What is done for you, allow it to be done. What you must do for yourself -- make sure you do it. -- Khawwas
Be flexible. Stiffness is a sign of rigor mortis.
What you love you empower; what you fear you empower and what you empower; you attract. -- Anonymous
Reacting quickly to change is important to the success of a business.
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. -- Viktor Frankl
If we don't take care of our customers, someone else will.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -- Harriet Beacher Stowe
Customers tell more about bad experiences than about good ones.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talent, which, in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. -- Horace
Winning isn't everything, it is the only thing.
Look at everything as though you were seeing either the first time or for the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. -- Betty Smith
We don not see things as they are, we see them as we are. -- Anais Nin

To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.
Happiness is not something that you find, it's something you create.
Never tell someone they are wrong; that's disastrous tactic.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Ask for anything you like, except time.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
Hesitate about giving advice unless you are asked.

Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life. -- Seneca
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor satisfied with his intellect.
When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. -- Anthony de Mello
It's not whether you get knocked down.It's whether you get up again.
As far as we discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. -- Carl Jung
Pride is tasteless, colorless and size-less. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow.
For every sin but the killing of time there is forgiveness. -- Sufi saying
Leadership is about stewardship, not ownership.
He who acteth, placing all actions in the Eternal, abandoning attachment, is unaffected by sin as a lotus is by water. -- Bhagwad Geeta
When your confidance increases, your competence too increases.
Our business is to stand strongly for priciples, but never to attack persons, about whose lives we can know but little. -- George Arundale
The worst and most costly kind of wate is of time, because it is invisible.
Great things are posible only to strong souls and it's from the trivial evevnts of life that stregnth is won. -- L W Rogers
Readers are plentiful, thinkers are rare.
Man improves himself as he follows his path; if he stands still, waiting to improve before he makes a decision, he'll never move. -- Paulo Coelo
The biggest difficulty with mankind today is that our knowlwdge has increased so much faster than our wisdom.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. -- Winston Churchill
Biggest difficulty with mankind today is that our knowledge has increased so much faster than our wisdom.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, it is perhaps because he hears a different drummer. -- Henry David Thoreau
The spirit of self help is the root of all growth in the individual.
Unforgiven-ness is the poison you drink everyday, thinking that other person will die. -- Debbie Ford
There is nothing like a dream to help plan your future.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Mind is everything. What we think, we become. -- Buddha
You will always find time to do the things you want to do.
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. -- Victor Franki
It's great to have ability, but a good manager has the ability to discover abilities in others.
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to realize that it is the God who is shaking them. -- Anonymous
Your success helps many people, your failure helps no one.
As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish it in those, we love. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

Today I read a very enlightening article by Rajiv Vij in the TOI. I will quote a passage from it...

"Healing ourselves requires us to be better aligned to our inner intelligence, which in turn can create a smoother flow of energy through us. For this we need to be aware of our thoughts and feelings at all times. We need to recognize that every time we are angry or anxious, not only there is psychological impact on us; but also a physical cost attached to it."

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. -- Maya Angelou
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. -- Buddha
Of all things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment. -- Anonymous
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later, if there is time enough.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. -- Paul Cezanne
It takes courage to originate- not imitate.
Faith is spiritualized imagination. -- Henry Ward Beecher
Success is often a matter of hanging on a little longer when others have given up.
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. -- Epictetus
Genius is only the power of making continuous effort.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes the person who prays. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Know the difference between a rash decision and a prompt one.
When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the soul laughs for what it is found. -- Sufi Aphorism
It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing so, you bring everything to the realm of possibility. -- Albert Einstein

I am going to Pune in an hour. There are 3 birthdays Oct 17- Aarti, 18th- Babu and 19th Ima. Will leave around 1pm. I haven't  booked my ticket that we all usually do. But then am I the usual type? I will take a bus to Chembur and then get Asiad bus from there. I also will meet up Sumit for about 2 hours (6-8pm). We will be back on Monday around lunch.

Nobody made a great mistake than he, who did nothing, because he was scared to make a mistake. -- Edmund Burke

Leaders set high standards and inspire people to achieve.

There is only one cause of unhappiness; the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them. -- Anthony de Mello

Great minds discuss ideas; mediocre minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

In essence, everything is energy and cannot be destroyed. -- Ted Andrews

Improvement begins with 'I'

Remember that great love and great achievements invlove great risk. -- Anonymous

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for the people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. -- Noam Chomsky

When we blame ourselves, we also believe that no one else has that right.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being. -- Johan Wolfganf von Goethe

The meaning of life is to find value in what we do.

Those who love deeply never grow old. They may die of old age, but they die young. -- A W Pinero

hink not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove they faults. -- Socrates

Success is the ability to get along with people.

Three correct guesses will establish your reputation as an expert.