May 7, 2010
PLANS & PLANNING
PETER DEVRIES ââThe difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.â
PETER DRUCKER ââIn all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.â
PETER DRUCKER ââIt was naive of the 19th century optimists to expect paradise from technology â and it is equally naive of the 20th century pessimists to make technology the scapegoat for such old shortcomings as man’s cruelty, immaturity, greed and sinful pride.â
PETER DRUCKER ââManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.â
PETER DRUCKER ââManagement means the substitution of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force.â
PETER DRUCKER ââThe only thing that matters is how you touch people. Have I given anyone insight? That’s what I want to have done.â
PETER DRUCKER ââWherever you see a successful business someone once made a courageous decision.â
PETER ERBE ââThe caterpillar trusts his maker that all is well. He does not ding to his old garment and thus is transformed into a magnificent butterfly There is no pain, it is a natural transmutation. So it is with us. As the chrysalis is the bridge between caterpillar arid butterfly so is True perception the bridge between separation and Oneness. We are transmuting into a new state of Being. Clinging to our caterpillar stage, our old ways of judgment, we shall never learn to fly into the dawn of a new day.â
PETER F DRUCKER â”We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.â
PETER F DRUCKER ââFollow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.â?
PETER F DRUCKER ââManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.â
PETER F DRUCKER ââOne cannot buy, rent or hire more tunes. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday’s time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply there is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. AH work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.â
PETER F DRUCKER ââThe purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.â
PETER F DRUCKER ââWe know nothing about motivation. All we can do is writing books about it.â
PETER F. DRUCKER ââUnless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.â
PETER O’TOOLE ââWhen did I realise I was God? I was praying and suddenly realised I was talking to myself.â
PETER RUSSELL ââ Inner evolution is not an aside to the overall process of evolution. Conscious inner evolution is the particular phase of evolution that we, in our corner of the universe, are currently passing through. From this perspective, the movement towards a social super organism and the mystical urge to know an inner unity are complementary aspects of the same single process, the thrust of evolution towards higher degrees of wholeness.â
PETER SELLERS ââThere is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.â
PETER STERRY ââ0 peaceful and pleasant war Where the Supreme Love stands on both sides, where, as in a mysterious love-sport, or a Divine love-play, it fights with itself.â
PETER STERRY ââSee a golden Chain, see the/Order of the precious Links, see how in a beautiful circle the beginning is fastened to the end.â
PETER STERRY ââWhile we were Innocent, our Nakedness was our Purity, as a beautiful Face unveiled, as a Jewel drawn forth from the Case.â
PETER USTINOV ââAs for being a General, well, at the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we’re all Generals. Only, some of us never grow out of it.â
PETER USTINOV ââAt the age of four with paper hats and wooden sword we are all generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.â
PETER USTINOV ââContrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.â
PETER USTINOV ââCorruption is natureâs way of restoring our faith in democracy.â
PETER USTINOV ââCorruption is natureâs way of restoring our faith in democracy.â
PETER USTINOV ââParents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.â
PETER USTINOV ââWe have a right to share your privacy in a public place.â
PETER WHATSON ââYou donât go from nothing to a great idea without doing a lot of work.â
PG WODEHOUSE ââMr. Howard Saxby literary agent, was knitting a sock. He knitted a good deal, he would tell you if you asked him, to keep himself from smoking, adding that he also smoked a good deal to keep himself from knitting.â
PHAN WANNAMETHEE ââKhantidhamma – patience, forbearance, and forgivenessâwas taught by the Buddha so that people would have patience: tolerance of the body and the mind, in order to achieve beneficence and right aims. One should be able to bear hardship and work with diligence.â
PHILIP CULLEY ââToo many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept asunder.â
PHILIP K DICK ââReality is that which, -when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.â
PHILIP LARKIN- âIt becomes still more difficult to find words at once true and kind, or not untrue and not unkind.â
PHILIP LARKIN ââLife has a practice of living you if you donât live it.â
PHILIP ROTH ââThe pompous son of bitch knows everything; its too bad he doesnât know anything else.â
PHILIPPE QUINAULT- âIt is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.â
PHILIPPIANS ââBe anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.â
PHILIPPIANS ââDo nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.â
PHILIPPIANS ââForgetting those things that are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark.â
PHILIPPIANS ââWork out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.â
PHILLIPS BROOKS ââThe great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death â that is not the great thing â but that… we are to, and may, live nobly now because we are to live forever… Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Dayâ
PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA ââBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.â
PHYLLIS BOTTOME ââThere are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.â
PHYLLIS DILLER ââA smile is a curve that sets everything straight.â
PHYLLIS DRYDEN ââLife, love, and laughterâwhat priceless gifts to give our children.â
PICASSO ââIt takes one a long time to be young.â
PICCOLO MACHIAUELLI ââThe promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.â
PICO IYER- âIf every journey makes us wiser about the world, it also returns us to a sort of childhood.â
PIERRE DE COUBERTIN ââ…the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.â
PIERRE LAVAL ââIf peace is a chimera, I am happy to have caressed her.â
PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN ââWe are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.â
PIERRE TEILHARD DECHARDIN ââThose who die in grace go no further from us than Godâand God is very near.â
PIERRE TIELHARD De CHARDIN ââThe day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness God for the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.â
PINDAR ââA graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.â
PIR VILAYAT KHAN ââThe essential part of our being can only survive if the transient part dissolves. Death is a condition of survival. That which has been gained must be eternalised, and can only be eternalized by being transmuted, by passing through death they must return.â
PITTACUS- âObey the law whoever you are that made the law.â
PLATO – âGood people do not law to tell them to act responsibility, while bad people will find a way around the laws.â
PLATO ââAs the proverb says, a good beginning is half the business, and âto have begun wellâ is praised by all.â
PLATO ââBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.â
PLATO ââBeauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.â
PLATO ââDemocracy passes into despotism.â
PLATO ââHe was a wise man who invented God.â
PLATO ââI am better off than he (a man reputed for wisdom) is, for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think that I know… The truth is, 0 men of Athens, that God only is wise.â
PLATO ââI have good hope that there is something after death.â
PLATO ââI must first know myself, as the Delphi an inscription says; to be curious about that which I am not my concern, while I am still in ignorance of my own self, would be ridiculous.â
PLATO ââMan is made to be the plaything of God, and this, truly considered, is the best of him; wherefore also every man and woman should walk seriously, and pass life in the noblest of pastimes, and be of another mind from what they are at present… And what is the right way of living? We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.â
PLATO ââMusic is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.â
PLATO ââNever discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.â
PLATO ââNo law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.â
PLATO ââNo trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man… No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memoryâ
PLATO ââThe best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time. Do not admonish them but always carry out your own principles in practice.â
PLATO ââThe price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATO ââThere will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.â
PLATO ââWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.â
PLATO ââWho is good for anything ought not to beg his subjects to be ruled by him; although the present governors of mankind are of a different stamp; they may be justly compared to the mutinous sailors…â
PLATO ââYou can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.â
PLATO-âIt is the power of appearance that leads us astray.â
PLAUTUS ââI believe there is nothing amongst mankind swifter than remour.â
PLAUTUS- âIf you speak insult, you shall also hear them.â
PLINY THE ELDER ââIt is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to be a kind parent or a merciless stepmother.â
PLOTINUS ââHarmonies unheard create the harmonies we hear and wake the soul to the consciousness of beauty, showing it the one essence in another kind; for the measures of our music are not arbitrary, but are determined by the Principle whose labour is to dominate matter and bring pattern into being.â
PLUTARCH ââCourage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.â
PLUTARCH ââI don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.â
PLUTARCH ââOur senses through ignorance of reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is.â
PLUTARCH- âPerseverance is more prevailing then violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield taken little by little.â
PLUTARCH- âPerseverance is more prevailing then violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield taken little by little.â
POLLY STRAND ââThe road to health is paved with vegetables, fruits, beans, rice and grains.â
POPE ââWe think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.â
POPE- âWit that can creep and pride that licks the dust.â
POPE GREGORY ââIf the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would be no longer wonderful.â
POPULAR VERSE ââBaba Nanak Shah Hindu ka Gum, Mussalman ka Pir.â
PORTUGUESE POET ââLook, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates. Fernanda Pessoa,â
PRABHATI ââWhen I am quiet, they say I have no knowledge; when I speak, I talk too much they say. When I sit, they say an unwelcome guest has come to stay; When I depart, I have deserted my family and run away, When I bow, they say it of fear that I pray Nothing can I do that in peace I may spend my time. Preserve Thy servant’s honour now and Hereafter, 0 Lord Sublime.â
PRAMOD KUMAR ââVedanta declares that solving the fundamental problem of life equips us with immense inner strength to face and solve all the other problems. It does not promise a magical solution but awakens the mind with a new vision of life, which is beyond all conflict and want.â
PRANAB MUKHERJEE ââSometimes the (Chinese) incursions take place. Every incursion (into Indian territory) is taken care of. It’s being addressed through the established mechanism.â
PRASNA UPANISHAD ââBoth what has been seen and what has not been seen, both what has been heard and what has not been heard, what has been experienced and what has not been experienced, both the real (sat) and the unreal (asat) â he sees all. He sees it, Himself being all.â
PRASNA UPANISHAD ââHe, knowing all, becomes the All.â
PRASNA UPANISHAD ââThe Creator, out of desire to procreate, devoted himself to concentrated ardour (tapas). Whilst thus devoted to concentrated ardour, he produced a couple, Matter and Life (prana), saying to himself, “these two will produce all manner of creatures for me”.â
PRATIBHA PATIL ââI stand here as the Republic’s first servant… to live up to the high expectations of the people… and serve the best interests of the people.â
PRAYER ââCreation You remember, God, considering all the deeds of all creatures fashioned since earliest times.â
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION ââMay I become at all times, Both now and for ever, A protector for the helpless, A guide for the lost ones, A ship for those to cross oceans, And a bridge to cross rivers, A sanctuary for those in danger, A lamp for those in darkness, A refuge for those who need shelter, A servant to all in need.â
PRAYER OF A TAMIL ââI do not know, 0 God, What is there in store for me. Only let me have your grace, To live with your blessing.â
PRAYER OF THOMAS JOHN CARLISLE ââHelp us to harness the wind, the water, the sun, and all the ready and renewable sources of power. Teach us to conserve, preserve, use wisely the blessed treasures of our wealth-stored earth. Help us to share your bounty, riot waste it, or pervert it into peril for our children or our neighbours in other nations. You, who are life and energy and blessing, teach us to revere and respect your tender world.â
PREMCHAND SAHAJWALA ââSo many candles together bring so many people together. That’s Diwali.â
PRIMO LEVI ââThe bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.â
PRIMO LEVI ââTo be considered stupid is more painful than being called gluttonous, lazy, and cowardly: every weakness has found its defenders, but stupidity hasnât.â
PRINCE CHARLES ââMoves should be taken to ensure there was something left to hand on to future generations.â
PRINCE CHARLES ââSomething as curious as the monarchy won’t survive unless you take account of people’s attitudes. After all, if people don’t want it, they won’t have it.â
PRINCE EJE OYEWOLE ââHe has been a very good Pope, very accommodating and the most travelled, and definitely ordained from above. I would say he cared more about the Third World and the world at large.â
PRINCE PHILIP WINDSOR ââIf I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.â
PRINCE WILLIAM AND HARRY ââThis event is about all that our mother loved in life… Her music, her dancing, her charities and her family and friends…. We wish to celebrate her life and not dwell on her death… After 10 years there’s been a rumbling of people bringing up the bad and over time people seem to forget or have forgotten all the amazing things she did.â
PRIYANKA TEREDESAI ââWhat is necessary in life is to fix yourself to the axis of your own life, which is your true nature. If you manage to remain undeviated from your true nature or principles, no positive or negative peak can move you from there.â
PROMISE KEEPERS ââA tremendous display of hunger for God exists in men today..; I believe God is showing us now that he wants us to be global. Bill McCartney, Founder,â
PROPHET ZARATHUSTRA ââDo not be blind to the marvels of Nature. One draught of Nature’s elixir is better than a dozen doses of any other drink. Incomparable is the joy that Man finds in this world of a thousand wonders when he lives in communion with Nature. From Nature to God is the next logical step. Nature is saturated with the Divine Life of Ahura Mazda.â
PROVERB ââ, Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.â
PROVERB ââA lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.â
PROVERB ââA soft answer turns away anger, but a sharp word makes tempers hot.â
PROVERB ââA wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength.â
PROVERB âAs the thinketh in his heart, so he is.â
PROVERB ââBread of deceit is sweet to a man; … but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.â
PROVERB ââBread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.â
PROVERB ââFaithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.â
PROVERB ââGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.â
PROVERB ââHe that is of a merry heart: hath a continual feast.â
PROVERB ââHe who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a foolâ avoid him! He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep â waken him! He who knows not and knows that he knows not wants a beating â beat him! But he who knows and knows that he knows is a wise manâknow him.â
PROVERB ââIt is less painful to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age.â
PROVERB ââReprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.â
PROVERB ââThe first of April, some do say,/ Is set apart for All Fools’ Day/ But why the people call it so,/ Nor I, nor they themselves do know./ But on this day are people sent/ On purpose for pure merriment.â
PROVERB ââThe more you know, the less you understand.â
PROVERB ââThey are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find knowledge. Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold; for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.â
PROVERB ââWe must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence.â
PROVERB, NATIVE AMERICAN ââThe frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.â
PROVERBS ââReprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.â
PROVERBS ââThere are friends who pretend to be friends, and there are friends who stick closer than a brother.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ââA cock has great influence on his own dunghill.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ââHe is safe from danger who is on guard even when safe.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ââIt is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS- âThe highest power may be lost by misrule.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ââTo do two things at once is to do neither.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ââWhile we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.â
PUBLILIUS SYRUS- âYou may often make excuses for another, never for yourself.â
PUJYAPADA ââHow can activity be good or wicked? That which is performed with good intention is good; and that which is performed with evil intention is wicked…That which purifies the soul or by which the soul is purified, is meritâproducing a happy feeling. That which keeps the soul I away from good is demerit â producing I an unhappy feeling.â
PUNJABI SAYING ââBaba Nanak, the great man of God. The guru of the Hindus and the pir of the Mussalmans,â
PURANANOORU ââAll towns are one, all men our kin. Life’s good comes not from others’ gift, nor ill Man’s pain and pain relief are from within. Death’s no new thing; nor do we get Overwhelmed When Joyous life seems like a luscious draught. When grieved, we patiently suffer; for, we deem This much-praised life of ours a fragile raft Borne down the waters of some mountain stream… We marvel not at greatness of the great; Still less despise we , men of low estate.â
PURANDARADASA ââMake me your dasa, 0 Swami, One who is known by a thousand names Help me leave behind my sins Protect me with the cloak of your kindness Make me your dasa, O Lord…â
PUSHKAR MAHATTA ââThis world does not run by logic or reason A mystic power drives the earth and the suns, Every breeze on a flower, Every smile on a child, Every breath we take, Are driven by the hands of God, He is the infinite Intelligence, the infinite consciousness, The infinite force commanding his world.â
PUSHKAR MAHATTA ââThis world is a cage And we are birds who must fly, Break open, cry Feel the sky, Feel your heart, Feel your soul, Feel the prayer, This world is yours, Only learn how to fly.â
PYTHAGORAS ââHe who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.â
PYTHAGORAS ââIf there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity adversity; if life, death.â
PYTHAGORAS ââStrength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.â
PYTHAGORAS ââThere is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.â
QHERIE CARTER-SCOTT ââWe do not all walk around with our hearts wide open all the time, however; doing so would leave us overwhelmed and in emotional danger. If I kept my heart open and exposed while watching the news every night, I would most likely never recover from the rush of helpless and hopeless feelings created by all the tragic stories. Sometimes it is necessary to keep your emotional barriers up as a way to protect yourself. The key to learning the lesson of compassion is realising that you are in control of the erection or destruction of those barriers that create distance between you and others.â
QPRAH WINFREY ââWhere there is no struggle, there is no strength.â
QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS- âThe deepest river flow with the smallest noise.â
QUIXOTE ââI am plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve my self.â
QUR’AN ââHold fast, all together, to God’s rope, and be not divided among yourselves. Let there arise out of you one community, inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: those will be prosperous.â
R BROOKS ââA prayer, in its simplest definition, is merely a wish turned heavenward.â
R CHOUDURY -âIf we do not crave for rewards we have no reason for frustration. This does not mean that we lose our motivation to work. When we talk of rewards and results W we interpret these according to our personal perspective, conditioned by ideas of profit and loss, power and prestige. To get a clearer, more objective perspective we have to step aside from our personal involvement to an impersonal level of detachment. Detachment is not indifference or apathy it means putting action (karma) into a broader perspective, away from petty gains. Carry out karma for its own sake with single-pointed effort (yoga) and you; will be free to enjoy total job satisfaction.â
R D LAING ââCreative people who can’t help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.â
R R SAMUEL BECKETT ââEvery word is like m unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.â
R REYNOLDS ââFew of us realise how short the career of what we know as “science” has been. Three hundred and fifty years ago hardly anyone believed in the Copernican planetary theory Optical combinations were not discovered. The circulation of blood, the weight of air, the conduction of heat, the laws of motion were unknown; the common pump was inexplicable; there were no clocks, no thermometers; no general gravitation; the world was five thousand years old; spirits moved the planets; alchemy, magic, astrology imposed on everyone’s belief.â
R W EMERSON – âPeace has its victories, but it lakes a brave man to win them.â
R W EMERSON â âThe only way to have a friend is to be one.â
R W EMERSON -âWe are coaxed, flattered and duped from morn to eve, from birth to death; and where is the old eye that ever saw through the deception? The Hindoos represent Maia, the illusory energy of Vishnu, as one of his principal attributes. As if in this gale of warring elements which life is, it was necessary to bind souls to human life as mariners in a tempest lash themselves to the mast and bulwarks of a ship, and Nature employed certain illusions as her ties and straps… Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.â
R W EMERSON – âWhen nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.â
R W EMERSON ââA creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.â
R W EMERSON ââAlways do what you are afraid to do.â
R W EMERSON ââAn institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.â
R W EMERSON ââBad times have a scientific value. There are occasions, a good learner would not miss.â
R W EMERSON ââBe careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours.â
R W EMERSON ââBeauty without grace is the hook without the bait.â
R W EMERSON ââCan anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?â
R W EMERSON ââCause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end pre-exists in the means, the fruit in the seed.â
R W EMERSON ââConcentration is the Secret of strength.â
R W EMERSON ââConcentration is the secret of strength.â
R W EMERSON ââConcentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all management of human affaire.â
R W EMERSON ââDifference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive.â
R W EMERSON ââDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.â
R W EMERSON ââDo you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.â
R W EMERSON ââDon’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.â
R W EMERSON ââEnthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.â
R W EMERSON ââEvery great and commanding moment in the annals of the world, is the triumph of some enthusiasm.â
R W EMERSON ââEvery natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.â
R W EMERSON ââevery word is a poem waiting to be written.â
R W EMERSON ââFate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.â
R W EMERSON ââFather is a convenient name and image to the affections; but drop all images if you wish to come at the elements of your thought and S use as mathematical words as you can.â
R W EMERSON ââFear always springs from ignorance.â
R W EMERSON ââFinish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.â
R W EMERSON ââFor every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.â
R W EMERSON ââFor every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.â
R W EMERSON ââFor everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.â
R W EMERSON ââFor flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!â
R W EMERSON ââGood offers to every mind its choice between truth and response.â
R W EMERSON ââGreat geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them.â
R W EMERSON ââGreat men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.â
R W EMERSON ââHe who has a husband friend has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.â
R W EMERSON ââHe who has a husband, friend has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.â
R W EMERSON ââHigher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.â
R W EMERSON ââIf a man owns land, the land owns him.â
R W EMERSON ââIs it so bad to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates and Jesus, and Luther and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took fresh.â
R W EMERSON ââIt is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.â
R W EMERSON ââIt was the first of book; it was as if an empire spake to us, nothing small or unworthy but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.â
R W EMERSON ââLife is a festival only to the wise.â
R W EMERSON ââLife is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.â
R W EMERSON ââLife is a train of moods like a string of Stand as we pass through them they prove to be many coloured lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.â
R W EMERSON ââMen are what their mother made them.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing can bring you peace but yourself.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.â
R W EMERSON ââNothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of Nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is million fathoms deep.â
R W EMERSON ââOnce you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.â
R W EMERSON ââOur greatest glory is in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.â
R W EMERSON ââOur high respect for a well read man is perished enough of literature.â
R W EMERSON ââOur spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.â
R W EMERSON ââOur strength grows out of our weakness.â
R W EMERSON ââPeace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding.â
R W EMERSON ââPeople seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.â
R W EMERSON ââThat which we persist in doing becomes easier â not that the nature of the task has changed, but I our ability to do has increased.â
R W EMERSON ââThe ancestor of every action is a thought.â
R W EMERSON ââThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.â
R W EMERSON ââThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.â
R W EMERSON ââThe next thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.â
R W EMERSON ââThe only way to be a friend is to be a friend.â
R W EMERSON ââThe search after the great men is the dream of youth and the most serious occupation of manhood.â
R W EMERSON ââThe silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause.â
R W EMERSON ââThe soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.â
R W EMERSON ââThe true test of civilisation is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops âno, but the kind of man the country turns out.â
R W EMERSON ââThe true test of civilisation is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops â no, but the kind of man the country turns out.â
R W EMERSON ââThe wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.â
R W EMERSON ââThe wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear.â
R W EMERSON ââThe wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.â
R W EMERSON ââTo laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.â
R W EMERSON ââWant is a growing gain whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.â
R W EMERSON ââWe are always getting ready to live but never living.â
R W EMERSON -âWe are coaxed, flattered and duped from morn to eve, from birth to death; and where is the old eye that ever saw through the deception? The Hindoos represent Maia, the illusory energy of Vishnu, as one of his principal attributes. As if in this gale of warring elements which life is, it was necessary to bind souls to human life as mariners in a tempest lash themselves to the mast and bulwarks of a ship, and Nature employed certain illusions as her ties and straps… Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.â
R W EMERSON ââWe ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.â
R W EMERSON ââWe must not let the grass grow on the path of friendship.â
R W EMERSON ââWe must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of warth, past and to come.â
R W EMERSON ââWhat is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.â
R W EMERSON ââWhen Nature has worked to be done; she creates a genius to do it.â
R W EMERSON -âWrite it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.â
R W EMERSON ââYou shall have joy or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.â
R W EMERSON, -âIf the red slayer thinks he slays/ Or if the slain thinks he is slain/ They know not well the subtle ways/ I keep, and pass, and turn again/Far or forgot to me is near/ Shadow and sunlight are the same/The vanished gods to me appear/ And one to me are shame and fame/ They reckon ill who leave me out/ When me they fly, I am the wings/I am the doubter and the doubt/ And I the hymn the Brahmin sings/ The strong gods pine for my abode/ And pine in vain the sacred Seven/But thou, meek lover of the good/Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.â
R W GRISWOID ââIf you can’t do as you wish, do as you can.â
R. S. BALASEKAR ââWhen man accepts finally that he cannot make sense out of life on the basis of anything fixed, then and only then can life make sense.â
R. S. BALASEKAR ââYour doubts will never be totally destroyed until perception has gone beyond mere phenomenality, and such perception is not a matter of will but of Grace.â
R.G. INGERSOLL- âTake from the church the miraculous the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the unknowable, and the absurd, and nothing but a vacuum remains.â
R.L.STEVENSON- âKeep your fears to yourself but share your courage.â
R.L.STEVENSON- âThere is no duty we so much under-rate as the duty of being happy.â
R.M.INGERSOLL- âThe present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.â
R.W. CLARK ââNo external advantages can supply self-reliance. The force of one’s being … must come from within.â
R.W.EMERSON- âAll life is an experiments you make the better.â
RABBI BORUCH LEFF ââSilence allows us to remove all of the external and physical distractions in our lives and lets us focus upon the essence of our being, the soul.â
RABBI HAROLD KUSHNER ââWhen your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul.â
RABELAIS- âThe right of war, let him take who take can.â
RABIA AL BASRI ââ0 Allah! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE – âA mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE – âFaith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE – âThere are two classes of things in the world, our is the true, the other is the more than true.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE – âWe gain freedom when we have paid the full price.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE â âWhy did I present myself in this fashion? This is self mockery.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââ Life is perpetually creative because it contains in itself that surplus which ever overflows the boundaries of the immediate time and space, restlessly pursuing its adventure of expression in the varied forms of self-realisation.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE âââAwake my mind, gently awake in this holy land of pilgrimage on the shore of this vast sea of humanity , that is India. Here I stand with arms outstretched to hail man â divine in his own image â and sing to his glory in notes glad and free. No one knows whence and at whose call came pouring endless inundations of men rushing madly alongâto lose themselves in the sea; Aryans and non-Aryans, Dravidians and Chinese, Scythians, Huns, Pathans and Moghuls â all are mixed, merged and lost in one body. Now the door has opened to the West and gifts in hand they beckon and they come âthey will give and take, meet and bring together, none shall be turned away from the shore of this vast sea of humanity that is India.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââArt should not reproduce what we see. It should make us see. Chinese proverb what is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââBigotry tries to keep truth safe in it’s hand with a grip that kills it.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââBlessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââClouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââColour me now, before You leave me. Colour me with Your song. Colour me in Your secret melody Colour me in the light of Your laughter. Colour me with the kindness of Your tears. May Your colours, colour my very soul.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââDeath belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the fast as in the laying of it down.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââDepth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââDiverse courses of worship/ from varied springs of fulfillment, Have mingled in your meditation. / The manifold revelation of the joy of the Infinite, Has given form to a shrine of unity in your life. / Where from far and near arrive salutations, / to which I join mine own.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââDon’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââEmancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââEvery child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââGod seeks comrades and claims love: The Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââHe who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gates open.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââI shall be called by a new name, Embraced by a fresh pair of arms.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââI slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was duty I acted and behold, duty was joy.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââIf anger be the basis of our political activities, the excitement tends to become an end of itself, at the expanse of the object to be achieved.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââIf they heed not thy call, Walk alone, walk alone.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââIn the Upanishads we find the note of certainty about the spiritual meaning of existence. In the very paradoxical nature of the assertion that we can never know Brahma, but can realise Him, there lies the strength of conviction that comes from personal experience. They aver that through our joy we know the reality that is infinite, for the test by which reality is apprehended is joy Therefore, in the Upanishads Satyam and Anandam are one.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââIndia chose her places of pilgrimages on the top of hills and mountains, by the side of the holy rivers, in the heart of forests and by the shores of the ocean, which along with the sky, is our nearest visible symbol of the vast, the boundless, the T.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââIt is the pang of separation that spreads throughout the world and gives birth to shapes innumerable in the infinite sky. It is this sorrow of separation that gazes in silence all night from star to star and becomes lyric among rustling leaves in rainy darkness of July It is this overspreading pain that deepens into loves and desires, into sufferings and joys in human homes; and this it is that ever melts and flows in songs through my poet’s heart.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââJust as we do not need help in order to breathe, nor do we hold meetings at the Town Hall for our blood circulation, similarly, in the past, the samaj looked after its own needs… It did not have .to depend on the state.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââKnow not how thou singest, my master! I ever listen in silent amazement. The light of thy music illumines the world. The life breath of thy music runs from sky to sky the holy stream of thy music breaks through all stony obstacles and rushes on. My heart longs to join in thy song, but vainly struggles for a voice. I would speak. But speech breaks not into song, and I carry out baffled. Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââLet me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them./ Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââLet the promises and hopes, the deeds and words of my country be true, my Lord.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââLet us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââLet us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââLove does not claim possession, but gives freedom.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââMini was somehow posse for a blind belief that if one searched the Kabuliâs sack; one would find a couple of human-lings like her concealed in it.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââMusic fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââMy heart longs to join in thy song, but vainly struggles for a voice. I would speak, but speech breaks not into song, and i cry out baffled. Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââNirvana is not the blowing out of the ‘ candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââOur solitary tear would hang on the cheek of time in the form of this white and gleaming Taj Mahal.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââPower takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââPraise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââThe butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââThe greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment’s hesitation to crush beauty and life out of them, moulding them into money.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââThe higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth; which claims all its sacrifice, yet makes this sacrifice its own recompense. This is man’s dharma, man’s religion, and man’s self is the vessel.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââThe same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shouts in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââThe setting sun said: “Who win take up my work?” The world heard this and yet remained responseless like a picture. There was an earthen lamp. It said: I “Lord! I will exert myself to my utmost”.
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââWe came nearest to the great when we are great in humanity.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââWe do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.â
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE ââWhat you are you do not see, What you seeis your shadow.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE – âDeath is not extinguishing the light, it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââArenât you in need of a little improvement yourself?… Stop being so old.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââHe who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the door open.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââLet me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons become a form of torture. This is one of man’s most cruel and wasteful mistakes.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe emancipation of our physical nature is in attaining health, of our social being in attaining goodness, and of our self in attaining love.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth; which claims all its sacrifice, yet makes this sacrifice its own recompense. This is man’s dharma and religion, and man’s self is the vessel which is to carry this sacrifice to the altar.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe man whose acquaintance with the world does not lead him deeper than science leads him, will never understand what it is that the man with the spiritual vision finds in these natural phenomena… When a man… meets the eternal spirit in all objects, then is he emancipated, for then he discovers the fullest significance of the world into which he is born; then he finds himself in perfect truth, and his harmony with the All is established.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe Taj Mahal is like an eternal teardrop on the cheek of time.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThe water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââThis is my prayer to thee, my Lord; Give me strength rightly to bear my joys and sorrows; Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service; Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might. Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles. And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââTrees are meant to be the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââWhat is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââWhen we watch a child trying to walk, we see its countless failures; its successes are but few. If we had to limit our observation within a narrow space of time, the sight would be cruel.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââYou are invited to the festival of this world and. your life is blessed.â
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ââYou yourself are your own obstacle.â
RACHEL CARSON ââIf a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.â
RACHEL CARSON ââIn an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.â
RACHEL CARSON ââNatural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or society. Whenever we destroy beauty, or whenever we substitute something man-made and artificial for a natural feature of the earth, we have retarded some part of man’s spiritual growth.â
RACHEL CARSON ââThe more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.â
RACHEL CARSON ââWe cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature.â
RACHEL CARSON ââWe stand now where two roads diverge… The road we have long been travelling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road, the one less travelled by, offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.â
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN ââHealing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you â all of the expectations, all of the beliefs â and becoming who you are.â
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN ââHealth is not an end: it is a means. Health enables us to serve our purpose in life, but it is not the purpose of life. Perhaps reconnecting to the purpose that we each serve may be the most powerful way to heal.â
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN ââI have come to suspect that healing is more closely related to mystery than mastery, more a function of the soul than the mind.â
RAE NOEL ââWhenever the human adventure reaches great and complete expression, we can be sure it is because someone has dared to be his unaverage self.â
RAFAAEL ORTIZ ââLove is not finding someone to live with; itâs finding someone you canât live without.â
RAFAELBRAS ââYou’ll never be able to control nature. The best way is to understand how nature works and make it work in our favour.â
RAHIM ââIt is in your power to do karma, but we do not have any control over its success.â
RAHMAN BABA ââLive not with thy head showing in the clouds, Thou art by birth the offspring of this earth, The stream that passed the sluice cannot again flow back, Nor can again return the misspent time that sped, Consider well the deeds of the good and bad, Whether in this thy profit lieth or in that.â
RAHUL GANDHI ââI have heard my father telling my mother that he would have stood in front of the masjid to protect it.â
RAIMUNDO PANIKKAR ââThe entire purport of the Vedas is liberation or freedom. Freedom may be interpreted in many ways. It is Brahmn, it is atman, it is nirvana. Or it can be said to consist in being, in happiness, in release, from all bondage. More numerous still are the ways that are supposed to lead to it. Right action, true knowledge and genuine love are the classical ways.â
RAINER MARIA RILKE ââIt s possible that the whole history of the world has been misunderstood? Yes, t is possible.â
RAJA YOGI B K JAGDISH CHANDER ââThere is diminishing of happiness when any thought of envy or hatred creeps in. But when the wise man feels the oncoming of such a feeling, he should remember that if portends his fall. Greatness consists in philanthropy, large-heartedness, magnanimity and goodwill towards all.â
RAJA YOGI RAJA YOGI B K JAGDISH CHANDER ââThough man has language as a potent means of expression, and he has the intellect also to argue his case and to convince others, yet man ultimately uses the ways of the animals who… do not have language and reason as their means to seek justice… So, the lesson I learn from history, is that man does not learn lesson from history.â
RAJAN -âIn this vastness there is place for space and much more. In this eternity there is place for time and the chimes of its measure. In the depth of the deep there is space for the light to enter but not the door to escape. In the roaming mind, there is space for the quietude by tapas of fortitude. In the emerald blue silence there is space for awareful existence of the fullness of ananda. In awareness there is the melody of the music of the spheres pulsating with cosmic life â heard only in silence. In consciousness, you and I are nowhere or everywhere vibrant in the soft whisper of the fathomless silence. If only we listen.â
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