a collection of thoughts, quotes, beliefs and musings of intellectuals, famous personalities, philosophers, thinkers who have changed the world with their work and contributions.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Thought for the day-Home
You are my ground and you are my rainbow.
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life-Projected
Life - for most people - is their past projected large onto the movie screen of their future.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Marriage quotes-Helpless
If two stand shoulder to shoulder against the gods,
Happy together, the gods themselves are helpless
Against them while they stand so.
- Maxwell Anderson
Happy together, the gods themselves are helpless
Against them while they stand so.
- Maxwell Anderson
Inspirational quotes-Example
Your example is far more influential and inspiring than any words of instruction, or threats, or even words of encouragement.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Famous people quotes-Service
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Funny thoughts-Clean desk
"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Love quotes-Magic words
The magic words for a great relationship are,
"I love you just the way you are."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"I love you just the way you are."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thoughts on Life-It's not a straight road
Life isn't a straight road,
There is a curve called failure,
A loop called confusion,
Speed bumps called friends,
Red lights called enemies,
Caution signs called family,
And sometimes you have a flat tire called jobs,
But if you have a spare called determination,
And the engine called perseverance,
You'll make it to a place called success!!
There is a curve called failure,
A loop called confusion,
Speed bumps called friends,
Red lights called enemies,
Caution signs called family,
And sometimes you have a flat tire called jobs,
But if you have a spare called determination,
And the engine called perseverance,
You'll make it to a place called success!!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Cause for withdrawing
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
Deep thoughts-What you are
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
- J. Krishnamurti
- J. Krishnamurti
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Title of Philosophers
And those whose hearts are fixed on reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.
- Plato, 380BC
- Plato, 380BC
Humor quotes-Madman
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."
- Salvador Dali
- Salvador Dali
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Sexual quotes-Lucky
How lucky we are that we can reach our genitals instead of that spot on our back that itches.
- Flash Rosenberg
- Flash Rosenberg
Friday, June 21, 2013
Motivational thoughts-Personal value system
Meaningful and joyful lives are lived by adhering to one's personal value system - one's principles. Today, write your six to eight most important values on an index card, and refer to that card as you go about your life today. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Famous people quotes-Dare to fail
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Inspirational quotes-Take charge
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
- Earl Nightingale
- Earl Nightingale
Philosophical quotes-Looking for answers
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
- Lloyd Alexander
- Lloyd Alexander
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Daily quotes-Deserve
Men who treat women as helpless and charming playthings deserve women who treat men as delightful and generous bank accounts.
Deep thoughts-Roots of goodness
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Monday, June 17, 2013
Famos people quotes-Closed door
When one door closes, another opens.
But often we look so long, so regretfully, upon the closed door,
that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.
- Helen Keller
But often we look so long, so regretfully, upon the closed door,
that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.
- Helen Keller
Sunday, June 16, 2013
More tender
Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
- Ouida
- Ouida
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Regain innocence
Innocence isn't ever lost completely;
we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
- Jewel
we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
- Jewel
Hilarious quotes-Another reason
"I recently learned that birds are abused to make foie gras. Oh, great. Like we needed another reason to hate the French."
- Scott E. Roeben
- Scott E. Roeben
Friday, June 14, 2013
Inspirational quotes-A better world
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Famous people quotes-A beautiful woman
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
- Samuel Richardson, Writer
- Samuel Richardson, Writer
Positive quotes-Play and Service
Take some time in a quiet place to contemplate the balance between being of service - both to this generation and to generations yet unborn - and renewing your vitality with play and celebration.
Without play, one becomes old and dry.
Without service, life becomes meaningless.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Without play, one becomes old and dry.
Without service, life becomes meaningless.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Deep thoughts-Observer of Life
Be an Observer of Life.
Gaining wisdom from carefully observing life is not a substitute for action - it is a prerequisite for informed action.
Gaining wisdom from carefully observing life is not a substitute for action - it is a prerequisite for informed action.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Famous people quotes-Philosophers' murder
'Gentlemen, it is a fact that every philosopher of eminence for the last two centuries has either been murdered, or, at the least, been very near it, insomuch that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him; and against Locke's philosophy in particular, I think it is an unanswerable objection (if we needed any) that, although he carried his throat about him in this world for seventy-two years, no man ever condescended to cut it.'
- Thomas de Quincey, 'Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'
- Thomas de Quincey, 'Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'
Thought for the day-Equanimity
Do what you can, and do it well. Accept the rest with equanimity, and trust in God. No one can ever do more than that.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Positive quotes-Open road
Don't let the past drive life - choose life.
Drive into your future looking at the open road ahead rather than into the rear-view mirror of your past.
Drive into your future looking at the open road ahead rather than into the rear-view mirror of your past.
Humor quotes-Pot smokers
A recent report shows that pot smokers get into fewer car crashers than drunk people. Then again, it's easier to see what is coming when you're driving at 11 miles an hour.
- Conan O'Brien
- Conan O'Brien
Sunday, June 9, 2013
What is in your heart matters
Long long ago, on the banks of a river, there lived a monk. Right across the street from him, lived a prostitute. The monk always hated the fact that he had to live next door to the prostitute. He took every opportunity to rebuke her about her profession. He would take every opportunity to show her what a horrible person she was.
In his mind, he always compared himself with her and took big pride in the fact that he was accumulating so much good Karma compared to her.
The prostitute was a humble girl. She always respected the monk. She tried not to talk back when he was yelling at her. She felt bad about her choice of profession, but was not in a position to get out of it.
She would always try to listen when the monk prayed, hoping that listening God’s name would help her wash off some of her sins.
The monk kept on his routine of massaging his own ego by comparing himself to the prostitute. Eventually he got so obsessed that he kept a jar with him and for every one person who visited the prostitute, he dropped a pebble in the jar.
The prostitute kept her own routine. She was also watching what the monk was doing. She had a jar too. And every time the monk prayed, she put a pebble in the jar.
One day there was a big flood on the river. Both the monk and the prostitute were washed away and were dead. Upon their death, their souls stood in front of the God of death.
To everyone’s surprise, the God of death ordered the prostitute to go to heaven and the monk to go to hell. The monk could not believe this. “What an injustice. You can still find a jar in my house. I have kept count of how many times this prostitute sinned. How can she go to the heaven? There must be some mistake.”
The prostitute also added humbly “I think the monk is right. I don’t deserve to go the heaven. But he does. I have a jar where I kept count of the number of times I heard his prayer. He prayed a lot. So I think he should go to heaven and I should go to hell.”
The God of death smiled and said, "The judgement is correct. It does not matter what word is in your mouth. It matters only what is in your heart. The monk's heart was filled with the prostitute's sins while he was saying his prayers. While the prostitute's heart was filled with the love of God while engaged in a life of sin. The heart that has the love of God goes to Heaven and the heart that judges others and is filled with jealousy goes to hell.
In his mind, he always compared himself with her and took big pride in the fact that he was accumulating so much good Karma compared to her.
The prostitute was a humble girl. She always respected the monk. She tried not to talk back when he was yelling at her. She felt bad about her choice of profession, but was not in a position to get out of it.
She would always try to listen when the monk prayed, hoping that listening God’s name would help her wash off some of her sins.
The monk kept on his routine of massaging his own ego by comparing himself to the prostitute. Eventually he got so obsessed that he kept a jar with him and for every one person who visited the prostitute, he dropped a pebble in the jar.
The prostitute kept her own routine. She was also watching what the monk was doing. She had a jar too. And every time the monk prayed, she put a pebble in the jar.
One day there was a big flood on the river. Both the monk and the prostitute were washed away and were dead. Upon their death, their souls stood in front of the God of death.
To everyone’s surprise, the God of death ordered the prostitute to go to heaven and the monk to go to hell. The monk could not believe this. “What an injustice. You can still find a jar in my house. I have kept count of how many times this prostitute sinned. How can she go to the heaven? There must be some mistake.”
The prostitute also added humbly “I think the monk is right. I don’t deserve to go the heaven. But he does. I have a jar where I kept count of the number of times I heard his prayer. He prayed a lot. So I think he should go to heaven and I should go to hell.”
The God of death smiled and said, "The judgement is correct. It does not matter what word is in your mouth. It matters only what is in your heart. The monk's heart was filled with the prostitute's sins while he was saying his prayers. While the prostitute's heart was filled with the love of God while engaged in a life of sin. The heart that has the love of God goes to Heaven and the heart that judges others and is filled with jealousy goes to hell.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Marriage quotes-Routine
Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine.
- Honore de Balzac
- Honore de Balzac
Hilarious movie quotes
“The place where a U.S. soldier goes to defecate, relieve himself, open his bowel, sh*t, fart, dump, crap, and unload, is called the latrine. The la-trine, from the French.”
- Biloxi Blues
- Biloxi Blues
Friday, June 7, 2013
Sexual quotes-Amateur art
Sex is the great amateur art. The professional, male or female, is frowned on: he or she misses the point, and spoils the show.
- David Cort
- David Cort
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Deep thoughts-Affirmations
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
- George Eliot
- George Eliot
Famous people quotes-Competition
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Marriage quotes-Falling out of love
One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.
- Judith Viorst
- Judith Viorst
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Success quotes-Obstacles
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T. Washington
- Booker T. Washington
Thought for the day-Money
Money won't make you happy...
but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
- Zig Ziglar
but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
- Zig Ziglar
Monday, June 3, 2013
Deep thoughts-Voice of conscience
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi
Humor quotes-Journey of a thousand miles
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with me complaining about what a long journey it's going to be."
- Scott E. Roeben
- Scott E. Roeben
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Thought for the day-Tranquility and occupation
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
Motivational thoughts-New beginnings
Accept endings cheerfully, for they clear the way for new beginnings.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Famous people quotes-Too short
Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.
- Hilary Clinton
- Hilary Clinton
Hilarious quotes-Mexicans
For the first time in 40 years, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than are coming to it. Not because of our economy. Because they're sick and tired of explaining that Taco Bell isn't real Mexican food.
- Conan O'Brien
- Conan O'Brien
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