“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
― George MacDonald

Mark Twain quote: Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own - Thomas Mann

Dreams are not what you see when you sleep but they are what which does not permit you to sleep - APJ Abdul Kalam

"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."
-Carl Sagan

Philosophy: Money does not buy happiness.
Reality: Lack of money brings struggle and in extreme cases poverty.

Philosophy: There are n number of ways to be blessed and money comes very late in the order of ranking.
Reality: You may have those n number of blessings but if you don't have enough money, you will always struggle to meet the ends.

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Churchill's sarcasm;
MP: "Mr. Churchill, must you fall asleep while I'm speaking?"
Churchill: "No, it's purely voluntary."

The Americans always find the right decision. After they try all the rest.

"Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward for the trip."

Woman: You're drunk. And what's more, you're disgustingly drunk.
Churchill: You're ugly. And what's more, you're disgustingly ugly. But when I wake up, I'll be sober, and you'll still be ugly.
If you kill the murderer, the quantity of murderers will not change.
Lady Astor: If I was your wife, sir, I would poison your coffee.
Churchill: If I was your husband, I would drink it.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Winston Churchill was visiting another country. The first evening  there, at the state dinner, he pointed to the chicken entree and said,  "May I have some breast?"
The hostess raised her eyebrows and curtly responded, "Mr. Churchill, in this country we ask for white meat or dark meat."
"My apologies, Madam, I was not aware of your customs."
The  following day, a thank you gift was delivered to the party's hostess  with a large orchid. The following was written on the note: "I would be  obliged if you would pin this on your white meat."

Gandhi's Sarcasm:
When Mahatma Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, a white professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards him.
Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him as he expected, there were always "arguments" and confrontations.

One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University, and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to the professor. The professor said, "Mr Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat." Gandhi looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, "You do not worry professor. I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table.

Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions. Mr. Peters, unhappy and frustrated, asked him the following question. "Mr Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money, which one would you take?" Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course."
Mr. Peters, smiling sarcastically said, "I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom, don't you think?" Gandhi shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."

Mr. Peters, by this time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word "idiot" and gave it to Gandhi. Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk, trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move. A few minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade."

"I don't hate people. I just feel better when they're not around."

Life is very very short. Its up to you to fill the book of life with beautiful and interesting chapters.” – Veteran Ray Knell

A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows the public opinion. - Chinese proverb

Accept no one's definition of your life: define yourself

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. -Chinua Achebe, writer and professor (16 Nov 1930-2013)

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." —Arthur Schopenhauer (German philosopher, 1788-1860)

Our behavior is nothing more or less than our brain activity, and brain activity is a function of our genes and our environment. When we punish an individual, then, we're not reprimanding poor choices, we "are punishing electrical and chemical events in the brain."

A writer is someone on whom "nothing is lost." - Henry James

The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived. -Ann Patchett, writer

Flow is not what you hold on to, it's also what you let go of.

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Albert Einstein

Knowing your Genius is the first step towards perfect you.

"Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending." -  Carl Bard

"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Vince Lombardi

Imagine this: You're choosing between two job candidates. Both are qualified for the job. One has a perfect resume, all the right schools and internships, while the other ... not so much. Well, human resources executive Regina Hartley suggests: Give the "scrapper" a chance. From personal experience, Hartley knows that people who've overcome difficulty, whose resumes "look like a patchwork quilt," are often the workers with the grit to succeed in our ever-changing workplace. "Choose the underestimated contender," she says, "whose secret weapons are passion and purpose."

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always take risk when it mattered.

Replace "consciousness" with "information-processing ability" if you so wish. The two seem to share a lot of common ground.

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Remember, you have only one life so make sure you follow your dreams, no matter what the rest of the world says.

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On his first day in office as President, when Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, one man stood up. He was a rich Aristocrat. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.” And the whole Senate laughed; they thought they had made a fool of Lincoln.

Loneliness may be eased with company, but not cured. Look to yourself for companionship. Nurture the light within.