The Art of Saying Things Inspirationally

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 7, 2014 at 6:19am

Julius Caesar was captured by pirates when he was young. They were going to hold him for ransom, but he was angry at the small amount they had requested and insisted that they hike the ransom amount.

They did.

While waiting, he spent the time hanging out with them, practicing fighting, relaxing, and promising them that when his friends returned with the money and they released him, he would raise a fleet, come back and kill them all.

He did.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 6, 2014 at 6:08am

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 21, 2014 at 3:39pm

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions : 1. Why am I doing it. 2. What the results might be and 3. Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
- Chanakya
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth
Even as a single good tree with fragrant flowers can spread the fragrance in the entire forest, so also the entire family (or clan) shines by a son possessing good qualities.
Scholarship and kingship can never be equated. A king is respected in his own kingdom whereas a scholar is respected everywhere.
A wise man has all qualities in him, a fool has only faults. Therefore a single wise person is better than a thousand fools.

"Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you." - Chanakya
- All by Chanakya

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 21, 2014 at 3:23pm

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 18, 2014 at 7:14am

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light - Aristotle Onassis

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can - Arthur Ashe  

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.” Cecil B. DeMille

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” - Henry Ford

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” - William James

“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.  He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.” - Albert Einstein

“If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.”
~George S. Patton

“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.” - J.K. Galbraith

Until you know the pure ecstasy of being, your life is not fulfilled by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."- Aldous Huxley

• Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Santayana (often wrongly attributed to Plato)
• "History is the Lie we all agree on" - attributed to Voltaire
• "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the alternatives" -Abba Eban

I have upvoted everyone who posted the GB Shaw quote:

• "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history" - George Bernard Shaw, and its corollary
• "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history." - Aldous Huxley

"History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time."

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 18, 2014 at 6:50am

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

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The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognise the ability that he has.
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
-Confucius ( all)

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on September 15, 2014 at 9:06am

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. -Vincent Van Gogh

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent Van Gogh
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Vincent Van Gogh

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vincent_van_gogh.html#u...

During a visit to California in 1931, physicist Albert Einstein, then living in Europe, asked to meet actor Charlie Chaplin, also an international celebrity and political radical. Chaplin invited him to the premier of the film "City Lights." As they posed for photographers, Chaplin commented, "They cheer for me because they all understand me and they cheer for you because nobody understands you."

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on August 21, 2014 at 11:15am

A strange notion that arises is that if we’re living to document our lives ( with selfies and self obsessed pictures) , then the documenting becomes the reason for living.

It takes awareness to be involved but not entangled. The joy of life is in involvement, not entanglement - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

The focus of education should not be on suppressive information but on kindling the thirst for knowledge - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

What you think of yourself and what the world thinks of you is only socially relevant. It has no existential relevance - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

May your decisions be based upon what truly matters and works, not upon your likes and dislikes by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

But does the pursuit become the purpose? “I document, therefore I am. I post, therefore I am. '' We do it because it’s so seductive.

Intelligent ones wonder – idiots are dead sure - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

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