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.

Iman

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.

Quotes...

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.

Introvert:

Science: If you talk nonsense you must expect to be challenged.

“Humans may resemble many other creatures in their striving for happiness, but the quest for meaning is a key part of what makes us human, and uniquely so.” — Roy Baumeister

Self-trust is the first secret of success.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
-William Ernest Henley

It is our relationship to circumstances that determines their influence over us. The same wind that carries one vessel into port may blow another off shore.
          -Christian Bovee

Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him, then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be...Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.
          -Louis L'Amour

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
          -Bruce Barton
  You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
          -Irish Proverb

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
          -Dr. Alexis Carrel

 Confidence...is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
          -John Dewey

. Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts--only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are other people tend to be satisfied by what you do.
          -Raquel Welch

 The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
          -William Jennings Bryan