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Be Nice

2010-11-07T17:54:00.000+05:30

Be nice and smile to everyone you meet.

You don't know what they are going through, and they might just need that smile.

At least for a moment, it would make a lot of difference to them.

Life gives us many such moments to make others feel better.

For tomorrow when you feel low, someone might smile and you may feel better.

People are like stained glass windows

2010-11-07T17:53:00.000+05:30

People are much like stained glass windows. When the sun is shinning through them, they glow brightly and sparkle.

But when the sun goes down and it is dark and gloomy outside;

Their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.

All Of The Mothers.

2009-10-18T20:20:00.000+05:30

This is in honor of all of the mothers in the world, what they do and mean to us, and the courage it takes to be a mother. May every day be your Mother's Day...

This is for all the mothers who probably won't win Mother of the Year. All the runners-up and all the wannabes. The mothers too tired to enter or too busy to care. This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at soccer games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see my goal?" they could say, "Of course, wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.

This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's OK, honey, Mommy's here." This is for all the mothers of Kosovo who fled in the night and can't find their children.

This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. And the mothers who took those babies and made them homes. For all the mothers of the victims of the Colorado shooting, and the mothers of the murderers. For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely. For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes.. And all the mothers who DON'T.

What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time? Or is it heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time? The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying?

So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to, but just couldn't. This is for reading "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year...

And then reading it again, "Just one more time."

This is for all the mothers who mess up. Who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair and stomp their feet like a tired 2-year-old who wants ice cream before dinner. This is for all the mothers who taught their daughters to tie their shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead. For all the mothers who bite their lips - sometimes until they bleed - when their 14 year olds dye their hair green. Who lock themselves in the bathroom when babies keep crying and won't stop.

This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse. This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot. This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little voice calls mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home.

This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children's graves. This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the words to reach them. This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with stomachaches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse and hour later asking them to please pick them up. Right away.

This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation. And mature mothers learning to let go. For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. Single mothers and married mothers. Mothers with money, mothers without. This is for all of you.

Hang in there, and know that you are loved and needed.

"Home is what catches us when we fall - and we all fall."

Anonymous

Pass this along to all of the wonderful mothers you know!

Contributed by: bsundaran @ yahoo.com

Thoughts for the Day

2009-08-30T18:36:00.000+05:30

One day in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

--Sigmund Freud

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

--Epictetus

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

--Dr. Benjamin Spock.

A MOTHERS LOVE...

2009-08-30T18:32:00.000+05:30

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

· For cutting the grass: $5..00

· For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

· For going to the store for you: $.50

· Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25

· Taking out the garbage: $1.00

· For getting a good report card: $5.00

· For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

· Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

· For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge

· For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge

· For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge

· For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge

· For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge

· Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".

You will never know how much your parents worth till you become a parent. Be a giver not an asker, especially with your parents. there is a lot to give, besides money. Advice: IF your mom is alive and close to you, give her a big kiss and ask her for forgiveness.

If she is far away, call her. If she passed away, pray for her.

Contributed by: Bhagyalakshmi Sundaran (bsundaran @ yahoo.com)

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2009-08-30T18:19:00.000+05:30

Did is a word of achievement,

Won't is a word of retreat,

Might is a word of bereavement,

Can't is a word of defeat,

Ought is a word of duty,

Try is a word each hour,

Will is a word of beauty,

Can is a word of power.

Have a Nice Day...

Contributed by: Bhagyalakshmi Sundaran (bsundaran @ yahoo.com)

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Motherhood

2009-06-28T20:27:00.000+05:30

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby... that somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "normal" is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct... that somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring... that somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good"... that somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices... that somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother... that somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first... that somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books... that somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery... that somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten... or on a plane headed for military "boot camp."

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back... that somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married... that somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home... that somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her... that somebody isn't a mother.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers - Jewish Proverb

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BEFORE I WAS A MOM

2009-05-12T13:05:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

Before I was a Mom - I made and ate hot meals. I had unstained clothing. I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom - I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mom - I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on, wet on, spit on, chewed on, or pinched by tiny fingers.

Before I was a Mom - I had complete control over my thoughts, my body, my mind. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom - I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests, or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom - I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I could not stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up every ten minutes, in the middle of the night, to make sure that all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderfulness, or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

-- Author Unknown

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2009-04-11T20:35:00.001+05:30

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never."

~ SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard

"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe."

~ Gail Devers

"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Different Quotes

2009-04-11T20:05:00.001+05:30

1. A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou

2. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

3. A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

4. A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

5. A person wrapped up in himself is overdressed.

6. A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package. Harry Emerson Fosdick

7. A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

8. A smile is contagious; be a carrier.

9. A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Caruthers

10. All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

11. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin

12. As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

13. Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! Mclandburgh Wilson

14. Carpe DiemSeize the day!

15. Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision. ~ Muhammad Ali

16. Character is made by many acts; it may be lost in a single one.

17. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

18. Colors are the smiles of nature. Leigh Hunt

19. Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ~

20. Ron Blomberg

21. Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

22. Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

23. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

24. Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.

25. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. Oprah Winfrey

26. Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

27. Enthusiasm is contagious. It's difficult to remain neutral or indifferent in the presence of a positive thinker.

28. Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head.

29. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

30. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

31. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film!

32. Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

33. Falling down doesn't make you a failure; but staying down does.

34. For success, try aspiration, inspiration, and perspiration.

35. Friendship is like two clocks keeping time.

36. Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds

37. I didn't lose my mind; I sold it on ebay.

38. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby

39. If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you.

40. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

41. If you ever need a helping hand, look at the end of your arm.

42. If you feel "dog tired" at night, maybe it's because you "growled" all day.

43. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! ~Andy McIntyre

44. If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

45. Ignorance is always swift to speak.

46. Imagination was given to a man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

47. In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goal posts are.

48. It is better to be silent and considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

49. It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service. ~Albert Einstein

50. It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~ John Wooden

51. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller

52. Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway

53. Laughter is the only tranquilizer with no side effects.

54. Laughter translates into any language.

55. Learn to laugh at yourself and you'll always be amused.

56. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

57. Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it. Irving Berlin

58. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

59. Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. Anonymous

60. No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.

61. No one can be free who does not work for the freedom of others.

62. Nothing happens unless first we dream.

63. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

64. Nothing we do changes the past - everything we do changes the future.

65. One thing you can learn by watching the clock is that it passes the time by keeping its hands busy.

66. Opportunities are seldom labeled.

67. Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

68. Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

69. Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. Earl Nightingale

70. Our days are identical suitcasesall the same sizebut some can pack more into them than others.

71. People who have little to do are excessive talkers.

72. People who try to whittle you down are only trying to reduce you to their size.

73. Psychics never win the lottery. Why is that?

74. Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~Les Brown

75. Sports do not build character. They reveal it. ~ John Wooden

76. The best thing to do behind a friend's back is to pat it.

77. The company you keep will determine the trouble you meet.

78. The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits - Anonymous

79. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little "extra."

80. The future is that time when you'll wish you'd done what you aren't doing now.

81. The grass may look greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed.

82. The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.

83. The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.

84. The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

85. The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.

86. The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. Diane Ravitch

87. The tassel's worth the hassle!

88. The way to get to the top is to get off your bottom.

89. The world is full of willing people: some willing to work, and the rest willing to let them.

90. There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.

91. There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important. Ruth Ross

92. Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.

93. Think! It may be a new experience.

94. Those who wish to sing, always find a song. Swedish Proverb

95. Time flies. It is up to you to navigate.

96. To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.-Michael Jordan

97. To win you have to have talent and desire ~ but desire is first

98. Two things are hard on the heartrunning upstairs and running down people.

99. Unless you can question your own beliefs, you have no place questioning the beliefs of others.

100. We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses. H.V. Adolt

101. We live life forward, but we understand life backwards.

102. We master our minutes or we become slaves to them; we use time, or time uses us. ~ William A. Ward

103. When they put unknown at the end of a quote, that means they probably don't no how to spell anonymous" unknown

104. When things go wrong, don't go wrong with them.

105. Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.

106. Why do they call the small candy bars the "fun sizes"? Wouldn't be more fun to eat a big one?

107. Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

108. Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and all beans are a vegetable?

109. Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

110. Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.

111. You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. Zig Ziglar

112. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss

113. You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. Benjamin Franklin

114. Your companions are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or they will take you down.

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Lies

2009-04-11T20:03:00.001+05:30

If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.

B. Traven

Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.

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The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Oh what a tangled web we weave,

When first we practise to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott

What surprises you most about mankind?

2009-03-22T10:21:00.000+05:30

A person asked God; "What surprises you most about mankind"?

God replied, "they loose their health to make money and then loose their money to restore their health. By thinking anxiously about future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor for the future. They live as if they will never die & die as if they never lived!"

Quotes on Women

2009-03-08T17:39:00.000+05:30

A good woman inspires a man;

A brilliant woman interests him;

A beautiful woman fascinates him,

And a sympathetic woman gets him.

-Helen Rowland

A handsome woman is a jewel, but a good woman is a treasure..

- Saadi

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

- Hobbes

A hundred men can build an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

- Chinese proverb

Where there are no women there are no good manners

- Johann Goethe

You see, the best ornament of a woman is her modesty

- The Mother

The reason firm, the temperate will,

Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;

A perfect woman, nobly planned,

To warn, to comfort, and command.

- William Wordsworth

In the Vedas and Upanishads, women taught the highest truths and received the same veneration as men.

- Swami Vivekananda

Women must be put in a position to solve their problems in their own way. No one can or ought to do this for them. Our Indian women are capable of doing it as any in the world

- Swami Vivekananda

Contact with a high-minded woman is good for the life of any man

- Vincent

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman

- Oliver Holmes

A noble man is led far by a woman's gentle words

- Von Goethe

Men make roads; but it is the women who teach children how to walk on them

- French Proverb

Women reason with the heart and are much less often wrong than men who reason with the head.

- De Lescure

Without woman the beginning of our life would be helpless, the middle without pleasure, and the end without consolation.

- DE Jouy

A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty

- Rudyard Kipling

Wherever women are honored, there the gods are pleased

- The Code of Manu

Random Thoughts for the Day

2009-02-11T18:48:00.003+05:30

Contributed by Shekhar (shake_lak2001 @ yahoo.com)

We dream out lives in grand gestures but live our lives in small moments.

If someone wants to run ahead Let them. Raise your hand - wave, smile and let them go. There will be a red light ahead.

I was told I'd be out of my mind to go after my dreams...., now that I've gotten out of my mind by following my heart, I'm living my dreams.

I'd rather make mistakes & find out who I am, than make the mistake of being afraid & alwyas wonder ' who am I?'

Life's not about getting wat u want....its wanting wat u'v got.

It is easy to get angry with those who criticize you. But it is better to listen and to consider what they have to say - Ralph Marston

If nothing ever went wrong in your life, you would never have a chance to grow stronger.

Jealousy is wanting what others have. Stupidity is thinking I might one day get it.

If it is true that girls are inclined to marry men like their fathers, it is understandable why mothers cry at weddings.

Many of those who rely on body language need to improve their vocabularies.

If you can't solve a problem, it's because you are playing by the rules.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future - George Bernard Shaw

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned - Buddha

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things - Robert Brault

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Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 22]

2009-02-11T18:48:00.001+05:30

na me parthasti kartavyam

trisu lokesu kincana

nanavaptam avaptavyam

varta eva ca karmani

SYNONYMS

na--not; me--Mine; partha--O son of Prtha; asti--there is; kartavyam-any prescribed duty; trisu--in the three; lokesu--planetary systems; kincana--anything; na--no; anavaptam--in want; avaptavyam--to be gained; varte--engaged; eva--certainly; ca--also; karmani--in one's prescribed duty.

TRANSLATION

O son of Prtha, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I need to obtain anything--and yet I am engaged in work.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in the Vedic literatures as follows:

tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram

tam devatanam paramam ca daivatam

patim patinam paramam parastad

vidama devam bhuvanesam idyam

na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate

na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate

parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate

svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca

"The Supreme Lord is the controller of all other controllers, and He is the greatest of all the diverse planetary leaders. Everyone is under His control. All entities are delegated with particular power only by the Supreme Lord; they are not supreme themselves. He is also worshipable by all demigods and is the supreme director of all directors. Therefore, He is transcendental to all kinds of material leaders and controllers and is worshipable by all. There is no one greater than Him, and He is the supreme cause of all causes. "He does not possess bodily form like that of an ordinary living entity. There is no difference between His body and His soul. He is absolute. All His senses are transcendental. Any one of His senses can perform the action of any other sense. Therefore no one is greater than Him or equal to Him. His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed as a natural sequence." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.7-8)

Since everything is in full opulence in the Personality of Godhead and is existing in full truth, there is no duty for the Supreme Personality of Godhead to perform. One who must receive the results of work has some designated duty, but one who has nothing to achieve within the three planetary systems certainly has no duty. And yet Lord Krsna is engaged on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra as the leader of the ksatriyas because the ksatriyas are duty-bound to give protection to the distressed. Although He is above all the regulations of the revealed scriptures, He does not do anything that violates the revealed scriptures.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

{In accordance with the Copyright Notice which prefaces this book, not more than 10% of the total book can be excerpted at any one time. In case this matter is forwarded over the internet, please ensure that you reference any excerpts as above and give credit to the true author, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada}.

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2009-02-08T11:14:00.002+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

There is no power of vision like education

There is no penance as the owe of truth

There is no pain as caused by desire

There is no act that gives more happiness than sacrifice.

-Subhashita

It is very difficult for a girl named "Praise" to find friends.

Cultured people dislike being praised and praise herself does

not like bad people.

-Subhashita

You have to grow from inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul

-Swami Vivekananda

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

-Antoine de Sainte Exupery

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

-John Ernst Steinbeck

Those who say a thing cannot be done should not stand in the way of those who are doing it.

-Unknown

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Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 21]

2009-02-08T11:14:00.001+05:30

yad yad acarati sresthas

tat tad evetaro janah

sa yat pramanam kurute

lokas tad anuvartate

SYNONYMS

yat--whatever; yat--and whichever; acarati--does he act; sresthaha respectable leader; tat--that; tat--and that alone; eva--certainly; itarah--common; janah--person; sah--he; yat--whichever; pramanam- evidence; kurute--does perform; lokah--all the world; tat--that; anuvartate--follow in the footsteps.

TRANSLATION

Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.

PURPORT

People in general always require a leader who can teach the public by practical behavior. A leader cannot teach the public to stop smoking if he himself smokes. Lord Caitanya said that a teacher should behave properly even before he begins teaching. One who teaches in that way is called acarya, or the ideal teacher. Therefore, a teacher must follow the principles of sastra (scripture) to reach the common man. The teacher cannot manufacture rules against the principles of revealed scriptures. The revealed scriptures, like Manu-samhita and similar others, are considered the standard books to be followed by human society. Thus the leader's teaching should be based on the principles of such standard rules as they are practiced by the great teachers. The Srimad-Bhagavatam also affirms that one should follow in the footsteps of great devotees, and that is the way of progress on the path of spiritual realization. The king or the executive head of a state, the father and the school teacher are all considered to be natural leaders of the innocent people in general. All such natural leaders have a great responsibility to their dependents; therefore they must be conversant with standard books of moral and spiritual codes.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Random Thoughts for the Day

2009-02-01T19:33:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Shekhar (shake_lak2001 @ yahoo.com)

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone, aren't you already there - Richard Bach

Don't try so hard; the best things come when you least expect them to.

The only thing that can defeat you is you!

To be happy, we need to forget many things. We must learn the art of forgetting.

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

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking - Albert Einstein

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality - Albert Einstein

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 20]

2009-02-01T19:33:00.000+05:30

karmanaiva hi samsiddhim

asthita janakadayah

loka-sangraham evapi

sampasyan kartum arhasi

SYNONYMS

karmana--by work; eva--even; hi--certainly; samsiddhim--perfection; asthitah--situated; janaka-adayah--Janaka and other kings; loka sangraham--educating the people in general; eva--also; api--for the sake of; sampasyan--by considering; kartum--to act; arhasi--deserve.

TRANSLATION

Kings such as Janaka and others attained the perfectional stage by performance of prescribed duties. Therefore, just for the sake of educating the people in general, you should perform your work.

PURPORT

Kings like Janaka and others were all self-realized souls; consequently they had no obligation to perform the prescribed duties in the Vedas. Nonetheless they performed all prescribed activities just to set examples for the people in general. Janaka was the father of Sita and father-in-law of Lord Sri Rama. Being a great devotee of the Lord, he was transcendentally situated, but because he was the king of Mithila (a subdivision of Bihar province in India), he had to teach his subjects how to fight righteously in battle. He and his subjects fought to teach people in general that violence is also necessary in a situation where good arguments fail. Before the Battle of Kuruksetra, every effort was made to avoid the war, even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but the other party was determined to fight. So for such a right cause, there is a necessity for fighting. Although one who is situated in Krsna consciousness may not have any interest in the world, he still works to teach the public how to live and how to act. Experienced persons in Krsna consciousness can act in such a way that others will follow, and this is explained in the following verse.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

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Awakened

2009-02-01T19:32:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

I am awakened to the greater potential of life and joy.

I am awakened to the Spirit of Wholeness within me.

I am awakened to the light of wisdom and understanding.

I am awakened to the realization of my birthright of prosperity and well-being.

I am awakened to new possibilities of happiness and fulfillment.

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 19]

2009-01-29T18:43:00.001+05:30

tasmad asaktah satatam

karyam karma samacara

asakto hy acaran karma

param apnoti purusah

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; asaktah--without attachment; satatam--constantly; karyam--as duty; karma--work; samacara--perform; asaktah--nonattached; hi--certainly; acaran--performing; karma--work; param--the Supreme; apnoti--achieves; purusah--a man.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty; for by working without attachment one attains the Supreme.

PURPORT

The Supreme is the Personality of Godhead for the devotees, and liberation for the impersonalist. A person, therefore, acting for Krsna, or in Krsna consciousness, under proper guidance and without attachment to the result of the work, is certainly making progress toward the supreme goal of life. Arjuna is told that he should fight in the Battle of Kuruksetra for the interest of Krsna because Krsna wanted him to fight. To be a good man or a nonviolent man is a personalattachment, but to act on behalf of the Supreme is to act withoutattachment for the result. That is perfect action of the highestdegree, recommended by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna.Vedic rituals, like prescribed sacrifices, are performed forpurification of impious activities that were performed in the field ofsense gratification. But action in Krsna consciousness istranscendental to the reactions of good or evil work. A Krsna consciousperson has no attachment for the result but acts on behalf of Krsnaalone. He engages in all kinds of activities, but is completelynonattached.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

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Love

2009-01-29T18:42:00.001+05:30

Contributed by Shekhar (shake_lak2001 @ yahoo.com)

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold - Zelda Fitzgerald

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain - William Shakespeare

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast,

it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil

but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

There is no force more potent than love.

Take away love and your world is a tomb.

Your life echoes emptiness without love.

With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning.

Even during hardship, love will shine through.

As you look back upon the events in your life

you will find that the moments that stand out,

the moments when you have really lived,

are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.

If you have it, you don't need to have anything else,

and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what else you have.

Therefore, search for love.

Once you have learned to love, you will have learned to live.

Love is the most important ingredient to your success.

Life is not about keeping score. It is not about how many friends you have or how accepted you are.

Life is about who you love and who you hurt.

It is about who you make happy or unhappy purposely.

It is about keeping or betraying trust.

It is about friendship, used as sanctity or as a weapon.

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Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 18]

2009-01-26T18:01:00.001+05:30

naiva tasya krtenartho

nakrteneha kascana

na casya sarva-bhutesu

kascid artha-vyapasrayah

SYNONYMS

na--never; eva--certainly; tasya--his; krtena--by discharge of duty; arthah--purpose; na--nor; akrtena--without discharge of duty; ihain this world; kascana--whatever; na--never; ca--and; asya--of him; sarva bhutesu--in all living beings; kascit--any; artha--purpose; vyapasrayah--taking shelter of.

TRANSLATION

A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.

PURPORT

A self-realized man is no longer obliged to perform any prescribed duty, save and except activities in Krsna consciousness. Krsna consciousness is not inactivity either, as will be explained in the following verses. A Krsna conscious man does not take shelter of any person--man or demigod. Whatever he does in Krsna consciousness is sufficient in the discharge of his obligation.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

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Quotations on Parenting

2009-01-26T17:59:00.002+05:30

Contributed by Shekhar (shake_lak2001 @ yahoo.com)

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~William D. Tammeus

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage. ~Marcelene Cox

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. ~John Wilmot

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. ~Josh Billings

There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel. ~Astrid Alauda, on the "hot mom" trend

Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum

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How Do You Define Success?

2009-01-26T17:59:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

"He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much."

-- Elbert Hubbard

"Too often, people focus only on results. But getting results without learning something or without having fun are incomplete. So is having fun without getting the results, or having fun without learning something new to help and empower you in the future. Accomplishment is all three: the result, personal growth and having fun."

-- Peter L. Hirsch

"There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind."

-- Deepak Chopra

"You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days."

-- Source Unknown

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Lovingkindness

2009-01-22T18:36:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

A single act of giving has a value beyond what we can imagine.

So much of the spiritual path is expressed and realized in giving: love, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity; letting go of grasping, aversion, and delusion.

To give is powerful.

That is why the Buddha said that if we knew as he did, the power of giving, we would not let a single meal pass without sharing some of it.

Sharing food is a metaphor for all giving.

When we offer someone food, we are not just giving that person something to eat; we are giving far more.

We give strength, health, beauty, clarity of mind, and even life, because none of those things would be possible without food.

So when we feed another, this is what we are offering: the substance of life itself.

--Sharon Salzberg

S M I L E - It is free therapy

2009-01-14T18:53:00.005+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

"Smile, it's free therapy."

-- Doug Horton

I've learned that if I put a smile on my face when I'm feeling down, my spirits will automatically lift. The body knows that a smile means happiness.

Knowing this doesn't mean I'm always willing to do it. Many times, I have absolutely refused to cheer myself up. Isn't that interesting!

It's a clue that sometimes the ego positively enjoys being miserable. It can be enlightening to explore the pay-offs we get from our black moods.

"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there is never any recourse to the mention of it."

-- Samuel Johnson

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 17]

2009-01-14T18:53:00.003+05:30

yas tv atma-ratir eva syad

atma-trptas ca manavah

atmany eva ca santustas

tasya karyam na vidyate

SYNONYMS

yah--one who; tu--but; atma-ratih--takes pleasure; eva--certainly; syat--remains; atma-trptah--self-illuminated; ca--and; manavah--a man; atmani--in himself; eva--only; ca--and; santustah--perfectly satiated; tasya--his; karyam--duty; na--does not; vidyate--exist.

TRANSLATION

One who is, however, taking pleasure in the self, who is illuminated in the self, who rejoices in and is satisfied with the self only, fully satiated--for him there is no duty.

PURPORT

A person who is fully Krsna conscious, and is fully satisfied by his acts in Krsna consciousness, no longer has any duty to perform. Due to his being Krsna conscious, all impiety within is instantly cleansed, an effect of many, many thousands of yajna performances. By such clearing of consciousness, one becomes fully confident of his eternal position in relationship with the Supreme. His duty thus becomes self- illuminated by the grace of the Lord, and therefore he no longer has any obligations to the Vedic injunctions. Such a Krsna conscious person is no longer interested in material activities and no longer takes pleasure in material arrangements like wine, women and similar infatuations.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

Mistakes

2009-01-14T18:53:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

Don't judge others too harshly for their mistakes.

It really isn't kind, and they already know they make plenty of mistakes.

Remember that you make mistakes, too.

Yours are different.

They are your mistakes, not someone else's.

Only you can judge them.

And only others can judge their own mistakes.

I also make mistakes, and I can't judge your mistakes by any measure of my own.

So be kind and don't judge my mistakesor anyone else's.

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 16]

2009-01-13T19:46:00.001+05:30

evam pravartitam cakram

nanuvartayatiha yah

aghayur indriyaramo

mogham partha sa jivati

SYNONYMS

evam--thus prescribed; pravartitam--established by the Vedas; cakram- cycle; na--does not; anuvartayati--adopt; iha--in this life; yahone who; agha-ayuh--life full of sins; indriya-aramah--satisfied in sense gratification; mogham--useless; partha--O son of Prtha (Arjuna); sah-one who does so; jivati--lives.

TRANSLATION

My dear Arjuna, a man who does not follow this prescribed Vedic system of sacrifice certainly leads a life full of sin, for a person delighting only in the senses lives in vain.

PURPORT

The mammonist philosophy of work very hard and enjoy sense gratification is condemned herein by the Lord. Therefore, for those who want to enjoy this material world, the above-mentioned cycle of performing yajnas is absolutely necessary. One who does not follow such regulations is living a very risky life, being condemned more and more. By nature's law, this human form of life is specifically meant for self-realization, in either of the three ways--namely karma-yoga, jnana-yoga or bhakti-yoga. There is no necessity of rigidly following the performances of the prescribed yajnas for the transcendentalists who are above vice and virtue; but those who are engaged in sense gratification require purification by the above-mentioned cycle of yajna performances. There are different kinds of activities. Those who are not Krsna conscious are certainly engaged in sensory consciousness; therefore they need to execute pious work. The yajna system is planned in such a way that sensory conscious persons may satisfy their desires without becoming entangled in the reactions of sense-gratificatory work. The prosperity of the world depends not on our own efforts but on the background arrangement of the Supreme Lord, directly carried out by the demigods. Therefore, the yajnas are directly aimed at the particular demigod mentioned in the Vedas. Indirectly, it is the practice of Krsna consciousness, because when one masters the performance of yajnas, one is sure to become Krsna conscious. But if by performing yajnas one does not become Krsna conscious, such principles are counted as only moral codes. One should not, therefore, limit his

progress only to the point of moral codes, but should transcend them, to attain Krsna consciousness.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

The Strength of a Man

2009-01-13T19:45:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: lakshmivenkateswaran @ yahoo.com

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.

It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.

It's in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.

It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.

It's in how respected he is at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.

It's in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.

It's in his Heart ... that lies within his chest.

The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.

It's in how he can be true to one woman.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.

It's in the burdens he can carry.

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 15]

2009-01-11T18:03:00.001+05:30

karma brahmodbhavam viddhi

brahmaksara-samudbhavam

tasmat sarva-gatam brahma

nityam yajne pratisthitam

SYNONYMS

karma--work; brahma--Vedas; udbhavam--produced from; viddhi--one should know; brahma--the Vedas; aksara--the Supreme Brahman (Personality of Godhead); samudbhavam--directly manifested; tasmat--therefore; sarva gatam--all-pervading; brahma--transcendence; nityam--eternally; yajne- in sacrifice; pratisthitam--situated.

TRANSLATION

Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the all-pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice.

PURPORT

Yajnartha-karma, or the necessity of work for the satisfaction of Krsna only, is more expressly stated in this verse. If we have to work for the satisfaction of the yajna-purusa, Visnu, then we must find out the direction of work in Brahman, or the transcendental Vedas. The Vedas are therefore codes of working directions. Anything performed without the direction of the Vedas is called vikarma, or unauthorized or sinful work. Therefore, one should always take direction from the Vedas to be saved from the reaction of work. As one has to work in ordinary life by the direction of the state, similarly, one has to work under the direction of the supreme state of the Lord. Such directions in the Vedas are directly manifested from the breathing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is said: asya mahato bhutasya nisvasitam etad yad rg-vedo yajur-vedah samavedo 'tharvangirasah. "The four Vedas -namely the Rg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda--are all emanations from the breathing of the great Personality of Godhead." (Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 4.5.11) The Lord, being omnipotent, can speak by breathing air, as it is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita, for the Lord has the omnipotence to perform through each of His senses the actions of all other senses. In other words, the Lord can speak through His breathing, and He can impregnate by His eyes. In fact, it is said that He glanced over material nature and thus fathered all living entities. After creating or impregnating the conditioned souls in the womb of material nature, He gave His directions in the Vedic wisdom as to how such conditioned souls can return home, back to Godhead. We should always remember that the conditioned souls in material nature are all eager for material enjoyment. But the Vedic directions are so made that one can satisfy one's perverted desires, then return to Godhead, having finished his so-called enjoyment. It is a chance for the conditioned souls to attain liberation; therefore the conditioned souls must try to follow the process of yajna by becoming Krsna conscious. Even those who cannot follow the Vedic injunctions may adopt the principles of Krsna consciousness, and that will take the place of performance of Vedic yajnas, or karmas.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-01-11T18:03:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints. If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own.

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 14]

2009-01-06T19:14:00.003+05:30

annad bhavanti bhutani

parjanyad anna-sambhavah

yajnad bhavati parjanyo

yajnah karma-samudbhavah

SYNONYMS

annat--from grains; bhavanti--grow; bhutani--the material bodies; parjanyat--from rains; anna--of food grains; sambhavah--are made possible; yajnat--from the performance of sacrifice; bhavatibecomespossible; parjanyah--rains; yajnah--performance of yajna; karma- prescribed duties; samudbhavah--born of.

TRANSLATION

All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties.

PURPORT

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great commentator on the Bhagavad-gita, writes as follows: ye indrady-angatayavasthitam yajnam sarvesvaram visnum abhyarcya tac-chesam asnanti tena tad deha-yatram sampadayanti, te santah sarvesvarasya yajna-purusasya bhaktah sarva-kilbisair anadi kala-vivrddhair atmanubhava-prati bandhakair nikhilaih papair vimucyante. The Supreme Lord, who is known as the yajna-purusa, or the personal beneficiary of all sacrifices, is the master of all demigods, who serve Him as the different limbs of the body serve the whole. Demigods like Indra, Candra, Varuna, etc., are appointed officers who manage material affairs, and the Vedas direct sacrifices to satisfy these demigods so that they may be pleased to supply air, light and water sufficiently to produce food grains. When Lord Krsna is worshiped, the demigods, who are different limbs of the Lord, are also automatically worshiped; therefore there is no separate need to worship the demigods. For this reason, the devotees of the Lord, who are in Krsna consciousness, offer food to Krsna and then eat--a process which nourishes the body spiritually. By such action not only are past sinful reactions in the body vanquished, but the body becomes immunized to all contamination of material nature. When there is an epidemic disease, an antiseptic vaccine protects a person from the attack of such an epidemic. Similarly, food offered to Lord Visnu and then taken by us makes us sufficiently resistant to material affection, and one who is accustomed to this practice is called a devotee of the Lord. Therefore, a person in Krsna consciousness, who eats only food offered to Krsna, can counteract all reactions of past material infections, which are impediments to the progress of self-realization. On the other hand, one who does not do so continues to increase the volume of sinful action, and this prepares the next body to resemble hogs and dogs, to suffer the resultant reactions of all sins. The material world is full of contaminations, and one who is immunized by accepting prasadam of the Lord (food offered to Visnu) is saved from the attack, whereas one who does not do so becomes subjected to contamination. Food grains or vegetables are factually eatables. The human being eats different kinds of food grains, vegetables, fruits, etc., and the animals eat the refuse of the food grains and vegetables, grass, plants, etc. Human beings who are accustomed to eating meat and flesh must also depend on the production of vegetation in order to eat the animals. Therefore, ultimately, we have to depend on the production of the field and not on the production of big factories. The field production is due to sufficient rain from the sky, and such rains are controlled by demigods like Indra, sun, moon, etc., and they are all servants of the Lord. The Lord can be satisfied by sacrifices; therefore, one who cannot perform them will find himself in scarcity- that is the law of nature. Yajna, specifically the sankirtana-yajna prescribed for this age, must therefore be performed to save us at least from scarcity of food supply.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

Witty Quotes for the Week

2009-01-06T19:14:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

-- Quentin Crisp

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

-- Elizabeth Taylor

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

-- Bertrand Russell

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

-- Bob Hope

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

-- Sam Brown

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

-- John Ciardi

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

-- Horace Walpole

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

-- Abraham Lincoln

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

-- Bret Harte

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

-- Jack London

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labour in it, but they labour in it because they excel.

-- William Hazlitt

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

-- William H. Mauldin

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

-- Jerry Garcia

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

-- Steven Wright

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

-- Alan Turing

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 13]

2009-01-05T19:23:00.001+05:30

yajna-sistasinah santo

mucyante sarva-kilbisaih

bhunjate te tv agham papa

ye pacanty atma-karanat

SYNONYMS

yajna-sista--food taken after performance of yajna; asinah--eaters; santah--the devotees; mucyante--get relief from; sarva--all kinds of; kilbisaih--from sins; bhunjate--enjoy; te--they; tu--but; agham- grievous sins; papah--sinners; ye--those; pacanti--prepare food; atma karanat--for sense enjoyment.

TRANSLATION

The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.

PURPORT

The devotees of the Supreme Lord, or the persons who are in Krsna consciousness, are called santas, and they are always in love with the Lord as it is described in the Brahma-samhita (5.38): premanjana cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti. The santas, being always in a compact of love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda (the giver of all pleasures), or Mukunda (the giver of liberation), or Krsna (the all-attractive person), cannot accept anything without first offering it to the Supreme Person. Therefore, such devotees always perform yajnas in different modes of devotional service, such as sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, arcanam, etc., and these performances of yajnas keep them always aloof from all kinds of contamination of sinful association in the material world. Others, who prepare food for self or sense gratification, are not only thieves, but are also the eaters of all kinds of sins. How can a person be happy if he is both a thief and sinful? It is not possible. Therefore, in order for people to become happy in all respects, they must be taught to perform the easy process of sankirtana-yajna, in full Krsna consciousness. Otherwise, there can be no peace or happiness in the world.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

Eckhart Tolle

2009-01-05T19:22:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

1) Always say "yes" to the present moment. Surrender to what is. Say "yes" to life - and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you. - Eckhart Tolle

2) When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental conncepts. You are that depth. - Eckhart Tolle

3) Is there something that you "should" be doing but are not doing? Get up and do it now. Alternatively, completely accept your inactivity, laziness, or passivity at this moment, if that is your choice. - Eckhart Tolle

4) Enlightenment consciously chosen means to relinquish your attachment to past and future and to make the Now the main focus of your life. - Eckhart Tolle

5) When the compulsive striving away from the Now ceases, the joy of Being flows into everything you do. The moment your attention turns to the Now, you feel a presence, a stillness, a peace. - Eckhart Tolle

6) Stay present, and continue to observe what is happening inside you. Become aware of not only the emotional pain but also of "the one who observes," the silent watcher. This is the power of the Now, the power of your own conscious presence. Then see what happens. - Eckhart Tolle

7) Find the 'narrow gate that leads to life.' It is called the Now. Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have any problem at this moment. Not tomorrow or in ten minutes, but now. - Eckhart Tolle Practicing the Power of Now

8) Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. - Eckhart Tolle

9) Observe the rhythm of your breathing; feel the air flowing in and out, feel the life energy inside your body. Allow everything to be, within and without. Allow the Oisness" of all things. Move deeply into the Now. - Eckhart Tolle

10) But it is important to realize we are all trapped in mental constructs, and so we separate ourselves from reality; the whole world loses its aliveness-or, rather, we lose our ability to sense that aliveness, the sacredness of nature. When we approach nature through the conceptualizing mind, we see a forest as a commodity, a concept. We no longer see it for what it truly is, but for what we want to use it as. It is reduced. This is how it becomes possible for humans to destroy the planet without realizing what they are doing. - Eckhart Tolle

11) When you listen to the voice in your head, that is to say, do not judge. You¹ll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind. - Eckhart Tolle

Positive Thoughts

2009-01-04T16:43:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

"Masterpieces are created when the soul is allowed to express freely."

"Imagination is your most powerful tool of consciousness. Use it well."

"Learn to listen to your inner wisdom and you will never be lost."

"Reality begins in your consciousness. It takes shape through your beliefs, thoughts, words, and deeds."

Inspiring Quotes

2009-01-04T16:42:00.003+05:30

Contributed by: lakshmivenkateswaran @ yahoo.com

The highest form of living is to live beyond split.

The softest pillow to sleep on is a clear conscience.

When there is no split between the knower in you and the doer in you, then everything that comes out of you comes from the depth of truth.

Consistency is the hallmark of greatness.

You will not be remembered for what you do or did once in a way, but for what you do and did all the time.

Doesn't matter whether the act is small or big, but engage yourself in disciplines that you will practice on a daily basis, and this consistency will put the fire, that you are so dearly seeking, into you.

When you hold your peace above everything else then no thing and no one can disturb you.

When you hold your ego above everything else then every thing and every one disturbs you.

Adversity

2009-01-04T16:42:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

Trials, temptations, disappointments all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

...James Buckham

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 12]

2009-01-04T16:41:00.000+05:30

istan bhogan hi vo deva

dasyante yajna-bhavitah

tair dattan apradayaibhyo

yo bhunkte stena eva sah

SYNONYMS

istan--desired; bhogan--necessities of life; hi--certainly; vahunto you; devah--the demigods; dasyante--award; yajna-bhavitahbeing satisfied by the performance of sacrifices; taih--by them; dattan-things given; apradaya--without offering; ebhyah--to the demigods; yah -he who; bhunkte--enjoys; stenah--thief; eva--certainly; sah--is he.

TRANSLATION

In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yajna [sacrifice], supply all necessities to man. But he who enjoys these gifts without offering them to the demigods in return is certainly a thief.

PURPORT

The demigods are authorized supplying agents on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Therefore, they must be satisfied by the performance of prescribed yajnas. In the Vedas, there are different kinds of yajnas prescribed for different kinds of demigods, but all are ultimately offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For one who cannot understand what the Personality of Godhead is, sacrifice to the demigods is recommended. According to the different material qualities of the persons concerned, different types of yajnas are recommended in the Vedas. Worship of different demigods is also on the same basis- namely, according to different qualities. For example, the meat-eaters are recommended to worship the goddess Kali, the ghastly form of material nature, and before the goddess the sacrifice of animals is recommended. But for those who are in the mode of goodness, the transcendental worship of Visnu is recommended. But ultimately, all yajnas are meant for gradual promotion to the transcendental position. For ordinary men, at least five yajnas, known as panca-maha-yajna, are necessary. One should know, however, that all the necessities of life that the human society requires are supplied by the demigod agents of the Lord. No one can manufacture anything. Take, for example, all the eatables of human society. These eatables include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, sugar, etc., for persons in the mode of goodness, and also eatables for the non-vegetarians, like meats, etc., none of which can be manufactured by men. Then again, take for example heat, light, water, air, etc., which are also necessities of life--none of them can be manufactured by the human society. Without the Supreme Lord, there can be no profuse sunlight, moonlight, rainfall, breeze, etc., without which no one can live. Obviously, our life is dependent on supplies from the Lord. Even for our manufacturing enterprises, we require so many raw materials like metal, sulphur, mercury, manganese, and so many essentials--all of which are supplied by the agents of the Lord, with the purpose that we should make proper use of them to keep ourselves fit and healthy for the purpose of self-realization, leading to the ultimate goal of life, namely, liberation from the material struggle for existence. This aim of life is attained by performance of yajnas. If we forget the purpose of human life and simply take supplies from the agents of the Lord for sense gratification and become more and more entangled in material existence, which is not the purpose of creation, certainly we become thieves, and therefore we are punished by the laws of material nature. A society of thieves can never be happy because they have no aim in life. The gross materialist thieves have no ultimate goal of life. They are simply directed to sense gratification; nor do they have knowledge of how to perform yajnas. Lord Caitanya, however, inaugurated the easiest performance of yajna, namely the sankirtana-yajna, which can be performed by anyone in the world who accepts the principles of Krsna consciousness.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

The Positive Side Of Life

2009-01-01T19:27:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Nanci Baren (nancibaren @ yahoo.com)

Living on Earth is expensive,

but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

How long a minute is depends on what side of the

bathroom door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you;

the more you have,

the longer you live.

Happiness comes through doors you

didn't even know you left open.

Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier

than the people who have to wait for them?

Most of us go to our grave

with our music still inside of us.

If Walmart is lowering prices every day,

how come nothing is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world,

but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun

to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;

smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:

some are sharp, some are pretty,

some are dull, some have weird names,

and all are different colors....

but they all exist very nicely in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who

can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

On Speech

2009-01-01T18:59:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Adilakshmi Kattamaru (adilaxmi @ hpcl.co.in)

Think about all that you speak but don't speak about all that you think.

You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Challenges

2009-01-01T18:54:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Adilakhsmi Kattamaru (adilaxmi @ hpcl.co.in)

Face challenges confidently thinking

"If I can't, who can" but after winning be humble to say

"If I can, who can't".

Quotes for the Day

2009-01-01T18:28:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

"I AM - the two most powerful words in the world, for whatever we put after them becomes our reality."

Susan Howson

"The deeds you do today may be the only sermon some people will hear today."

St. Francis of Assisi

"Select a few people to be particularly kind to today - those you were a little harsh with yesterday."

Norman Vincent Peale

"The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year."

Samuel Johnson

"Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me."

- Seymour Miller and Jill Jackson

"We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate, thereby making the present comfortable and the future promising."

- Maya Angelou

"The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason."

- Hal Borland (1900-1978)

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."

- Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says..... Oh no....she's awake!!

There are three main duties of a man in his life. Always be just, earn enough wealth, enjoy the wealth by judicious indulgence.He who goes after only one of them is vily, he who practises two of them is average, He who can accomplish all the three is special.

-Mahabharata

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

-Albert Einstein

Even if you live for just a very short time, it is worth it, if it is spent in helping others. But even if you have life time of a thousand years, it becomes very difficult if you spend time by opposing every body.

-Chankya Niti

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.

-Henry Chester

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

-Niels Bohr

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.

-Karl Menninger

DO NOT be discouraged

2009-01-01T18:17:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

Thousands of successful people did not achieve success on their first try, but they were not discouraged. They picked themselves up and went back at it with an even stronger, single minded tenacity to achieve their goal.

...Catherine Pulsifer, from" Do Not Be Discouraged"

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

...Napoleon Hill

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

...Richard Nixon

Glimpses of the Bhagwad Gita - Verse by Verse [Chapter 3: Text 11]

2009-01-01T18:09:00.001+05:30

devan bhavayatanena

te deva bhavayantu vah

parasparam bhavayantah

sreyah param avapsyatha

SYNONYMS

devan--demigods; bhavayata--having pleased; anena--by this sacrifice; te--those; devah--the demigods; bhavayantu--will please; vah--you;parasparam--mutual; bhavayantah--pleasing one another; sreyah-benediction; param--the supreme; avapsyatha--do you achieve.

TRANSLATION

The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you; thus nourishing one another, there will reign general prosperity for all.

PURPORT

The demigods are empowered administrators of material affairs. The supply of air, light, water and all other benedictions for maintaining the body and soul of every living entity are entrusted to the demigods, who are innumerable assistants in different parts of the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Their pleasures and displeasures are dependent on the performance of yajnas by the human being. Some of the yajnas are meant to satisfy particular demigods; but even in so doing,

Lord Visnu is worshiped in all yajnas as the chief beneficiary. It is stated also in the Bhagavad-gita that Krsna Himself is the beneficiary of all kinds of yajnas: bhoktaram yajna-tapasam. Therefore, ultimate satisfaction of the yajna-pati is the chief purpose of all yajnas. When these yajnas are perfectly performed, naturally the demigods in charge of the different departments of supply are pleased, and there is no scarcity in the supply of natural products. Performance of yajnas has many side benefits, ultimately leading to liberation from the material bondage. By performance of yajnas, all activities become purified, as it is stated in the Vedas:

ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih sattva-suddhau

dhruva smrtih smrti-lambhe sarvagranthinam vipramoksah

As it will be explained in the following verses, by performance of yajna one's eatables become sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs one's very existence becomes purified; by the purification of existence, finer tissues in memory become sanctified, and when memory is sanctified, one can think of the path of liberation, and all these combined together lead to Krsna consciousness, the great necessity of present-day society.

"Excerpted from "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, courtesy of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, www.Krishna.com."

More Thoughts on Love and Friendship

2008-12-09T20:11:00.002+05:30

Contributed by: Bharathi Sarkar bharathi.sarkar @ netafim-india.com)

Life is very short. So break silly rules, forgive quickly, Believe deeply, Love Truly, Laugh Loudly, and Never avoid that makes your smile

· A Relationship doesn't shine by just shaking hands in best of times but it blossoms by holding hands firmly in critical situations.

· Old friends are Gold, New Friends may be Diamonds. If you get diamond don't ever forget the gold because to hold a diamond you always need a base of gold.

· God gives us two gifts!! Chance and Choice. Chance to have friends and choice to select a good one and by chance I have got a very good choice.

· A friend is the arm that will hold you at your weakest, the eye that will see you at your darkest and the heart that will love you at your worst!!!

· Friendship is a promise made in heart; silent, unwritten, unbreakable by distance, unchangeable by time.

· Making a million friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a friend who will stand by you when millions are against you.

· Don't keep your special friends in your eyes, they may fall as tear. Keep them in your heart so that every heart beat reminds you that there is someone special for you in your life.

· Be what you are, say what you feel and do what you want, because in friendship those who mind, don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

· Morning is not only sunrise but a beautiful miracle of GOD that defeats the darkness and spreads light. May this be one more beautiful day for you

· Never choose a person without understanding and never loose a person after a misunderstanding.

Provocating Thoughts

2008-12-09T20:11:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Bharathi Sarkar bharathi.sarkar @ netafim-india.com)

1. If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

2. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.

3. Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

4. The best vitamin for making friends .B1.

5. The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.

6. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

7. Minds are like parachutes.. . They function only when open.

8. Ideas won't work unless YOU do.

9. One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

10. One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.

11. The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.

12. Don't learn safety rules by accident.

13. We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.

14. Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.

15. A turtle makes progress when it sticks its head out.

16. One thing you can give and still keep .is your word.

17. A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.

AND FINALLY...

18. The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!

Quality

2008-12-07T19:22:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Lakshmi Venkateswaran

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

- William A. Foster

One of the rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.

- Josh Billings

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

- Martin Van Buren

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after low pricing is forgotten.

- Leon M. Cautillo

To Forgive is Not to Do

2008-12-07T15:43:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Asian woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

To forgive is not to do, but to undo.

To undo a judgment, say to yourself "The judgment I made is untrue. It was made in ignorance. It says more about me than it does about you. But it is not even true about me. This judgment is a reflection of my fear. I would rather face my fear directly than to judge you or myself."

Those who matter don't judge me. Those who judge me don't matter.

--Unknown

Our Deepest Fear

2008-12-07T15:18:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: lakshmivenkateswaran @ yahoo.com

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. And as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others. - Marianne Williamson.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

- Marie Curie

Do What You Cannot

2008-12-07T15:17:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: lakshmivenkateswaran @ yahoo.com

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.

- Marilyn Ferguson

Work for Success

2008-12-07T15:16:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: lakshmivenkateswaran @ yahoo.com

Nothing comes to us on a platter in this world.

One has to labour and earn anything he needs,

be it knowledge, or money or fame.

Success demands singleness of purpose. The only way to succeed in anything is to give it everything. The road to accomplishment, it is said, beckons only those who can persevere and persist.

Quotes to Ponder

2008-12-07T14:30:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

The distance is nothing;it is only the first step that is difficult.

-Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond

It would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his adult life.It makes him appreciate sight and the the joy of sound.

-Helen Keller

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

-Franklin Roosevelt

Wealth earned is best protected by keeping it in circulation by either spending or doing charity. Just like salty water from the depths of ocean is purified by the clouds and showered over land as rain.

-Chanakya Neeti

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

-Daniel L. Reardon

Nobody has any clue as to what would happen to anbody or anything tomorrow.So, wise men complete tomorrow's deliverables today itself. Always stay ahead of time.

-Subhashita

Noble Quotes

2008-12-07T14:29:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

Public sentiment is everything, without it nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed.

-Abraham Lincoln

If a noble men gets into trouble, it is only the other noble man that can get him out of trouble. A common man can not do that. If an elephant gets stuck in the mire then it is only other elephants that can pull him out.

-Hitopadesha

Intelligence is not to make any mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

-Bertrand Russell

The delight we inspire in others,has this enchanting peculiarity. That, unlike any other reflection,returns to us more radiant than ever.

-Victor Hugo

Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

-Swami Vivekananda

Oh dear heart! Why do you want to derive your happiness from how others perceive you and there by embark on the difficult task of entering their mind and please them.What are you going to get thus? If you find happiness with in you, then you will find pearls of wisdom in your own thinking. Does this not satisfy you?

-Vairaagya Shatakam

Quotes on Attitude

2008-12-07T14:21:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995

Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?

~Dennis and Wendy Mannering

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.

~Oscar Wilde

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

~Voltaire

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

~Ancient Persian Saying

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

~Cavett Robert

It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. ~Annie Gottlier

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

~Hubert Humphrey

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

~Winston Churchill

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.

~Author Unknown

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

~George Santayana

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

~Francesca Reigler

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

~Mary Engelbreit

So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.

~The Eagles, "Already Gone"

The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.

~Foster's Law

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

~Samuel Johnson

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Book

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

~Bill Meyer

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

~Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1893

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

~Attributed to both Jonathan Swift and Benjamin Franklin

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

~Ken S. Keyes, Jr., Handbook to Higher Consciousness

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.

~Joe Clark

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

~Scott Hamilton

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

~Vince Lombardi

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

~J. Brotherton

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

~Publius Terentius Afer

Human Relations

2008-12-07T14:11:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

...Henry Ford

One is remembered for what one does for others; not for what one does for self.

...M. K. Soni

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

...Wilson Mizner

Integrity

2008-12-07T14:08:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

It is not what we eat

but what we digest

that makes us strong;

not what we gain

but what we save

that make us rich;

not what we read

but what we remember

that makes us learned;

and not what we profess

but what we practice

that gives us Integrity.

- Anonymous

Listening

2008-12-07T14:03:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy (aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.

...Diogenes Laertius

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

...Wilson Mizner

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak.

...Francois La Rochefoucauld

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.

...Jack Nichols

Maturity

2008-11-18T19:33:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction.

Maturity is patience, the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain.

Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of opposition and discouraging setbacks.

Maturity is unselfishness - responding to the needs of others, often at the expense on one's own desires and wishes.

Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.

Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say "I was wrong."

And, when right, the mature person need not say, "I told you so."

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.

The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities, then doing nothing.

Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word, coming through in the crisis.

The immature are masters of the alibi - confused and disorganized.

Their lives are a maze of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business and good intentions which never materialize.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change!

Unknown..

Dream and Aim

2008-11-18T19:31:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

There is only one difference

between dream and aim

Dream requires Soundless sleep to see

Where as Aim Requires Sleepless

Efforts to Achieve.

Trouble

2008-11-18T19:27:00.000+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

...Calvin Coolidge

Nothing lasts forever not even your troubles.

...Arnold H Glasgow

If you compared your troubles, or challenges, with those of others, you would surely find that there are those whose troubles make yours look like minor inconveniences.

...Catherine Pulsifer, from Cheer

Life is too short.

2008-11-18T19:26:00.001+05:30

Contributed by: Aarthi Vijayasarathy aarthi.vijayasarathy @ gmail.com)

'Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,

so love the people who treat you right,

forget about the ones who don't,

and believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance, take it.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy,

They just promised it would be worth it.'

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