20 posts tagged “artensoul”

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

Two cheers for democracy; one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader. -- Alexander Ledru-Rollin

Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. -- Rumi

The words and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator.

Only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond into the impossible. -- Arthur C Clarke

The only man who can change his mind is the man who's got one.

The history of the world is but the biography of great men. -- Thomas Carlyle

Pessimist -- one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice and need. -- Voltaire

Silence is one of the hardest argument to refute.

He who hasn't learned to obey cannot be a good commander. -- Aristotle

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

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. -- Samuel Johnson

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -- Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

We all are inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't like black. In fact the only black thing that can really pull me, is a black hole. Arunoday Sharma

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.

Yesterday was my karate class after 2 weeks. That means I missed 3 classes. It was very very tiring. A new sensei had come. he did not give us any rest between various sets of workouts. Poonam used to give us 2mins to revive. But in a way it might be good. Many people's stamina got tested. We also did some new combo kicks and punches. I must have done more than 50 push ups (including knuckle ones) and about 100 sit ups. I slept very well last night. In the morning I went for a walk too. Somehow I don't feel lazy these days. Good for me. You never know when suddenly the time will not allow me to work out. It is so important at my age to stay within right weight and and in shape.
I am planning to see an Italian film fest from tomorrow at Nehru Centre.
Today morning I called Ghazala home to read the poem with me again, before I mail it to her. I did send it as she wants to read it's print out at home in a relaxed mood. I feel more or less it is done.
Sachin Tendulkar made his 40th century today at Nagpur test match against Australia. This is the last match of the series.

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

* The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them into art.

* Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. -- Andre Gide

* One of the rarest things a person does is to do one's best.

* I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. -- Socrates

* Success is the result of good judgement; good judgement is a result of experience.

* The pssession of knolwdge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. -- Anais Nin

* The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

*  Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. -- Jalal-ud-din- Rumi

* A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

* Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -- Winston Churchills

* The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all the person who argues with him.

* I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. -- Ray Charles

* The contemporaray form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. -- Simone Well

* The intuitive mind is a scared gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein