"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life" - George Bernard Shaw
"If I am not for me, who will be? But if I am only for myself, what am I?" - Rabbi Hillel in the Talmud
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
Genuine eros makes us desire a particular person; crude desire is satisfiable by fungible bodies. --Edward Craig (general editor), [3]Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter - Mark Twain
Keep Smiling :-) It makes people wonder... what you are upto.
Happiness is NP-hard, it grows exponentially with the number of people you share it with.
"Live simply that others may simply live." - What Mahatma Gandhi believed.
"Try to win your opponent over, and not to win over your opponent." -Captain (Retired) Charles L. Alphin (referring to Gandhian non-violence)
�Power at its best is the right use of strength� - Martin Luther King, Jr(referring to Gandhian non-violence)
Believe, to be. - _V_
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Anonymous
"To define is to limit" - Oscar Wilde
Its so simple to be difficult, but so difficult to be simple.
Attitude makes all the difference in the world in our perception of situations.
When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.
"Dangers by being despised grow great" - Edmund Burke
"All a man can betray is his conscience" - Joseph Conrad
If people who do not understand each other atleast understand that they do not understand each other, then they understand each other better than when, not understanding each other, they do not even understand that they do not understand each other - Gustav Ischheiser(novel:Appearences and realities)
When you run too fast to get somewhere, you miss half the fun of getting there.
Let saga of life be saga no more, Play raga of life worth encore. _V_
As long as you have a common goal, it's good to have debates.
Its better not to be appreciated for what you deserve than to be appreciated for what you don't.
Nothing will ever be overcome if all possible objections must be first overcome - Samuel Johnson
There is nothing much to gain or loose besides your own satisfaction and happiness.
I may always deserve the best, but the best may not always deserve me. - _V_
Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, its not the end.
Confusion is first step to learning. Curiosity the next.
I was born intelligent...education ruined me - Mark Twain(?)
At times, its better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool, than to open it and remove all their doubts.
Everyone needs three things ... something to do, something to hope, and someone to love!
"I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - General Norman Schwartzkof (on 9/11 attack (them = terrorists))