Food for thought

  

                                               Food for thought

 

•        A good idea that is not shared with others will gradually fade away and bear no fruit, but when it is shared it lives for ever because it is passed on from one person to another and grows as it goes.
•        There is no such thing as time- management. There is only self-management.
•        To teach is to learn twice.
•       Knowledge and timber should not be used till they are seasoned.
•       An art ( skill ) can only be learned in the workshop of those who are winning their bread by it.
•        The shorter way to do many things is to do one thing at a time.
•        Every moment spent planning saves 3 or 4 moments in execution.

Nature- a marvel

 

                                   Nature-  a marvel

•         Every tree, star, and cloud is a compass if you know how to read them.
•        The earth laughs in flowers.
•       Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
•       Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts,

                There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, the ebb and flow of tides, the folded bud ready for Spring.

               There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature- the assurance that dawn comes after night and Spring after Winter.

•     I am particularly fond of little groves of Oak trees. I love to look at them because they endure the Wintry storm and Summer’s heat, and not unlike ourselves , seem to flourish by them.
•    Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper that we may record our emptiness.
•   If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.

    

        

Gems of wisdom

   

                                                Gems of wisdom

 

•                We must cultivate a high level of self-reliance, believing that our resolve and persistence are more significant factors in determining our success than anything else. Nobody can give us guidance in accordance with our unique capabilities and situation.
•                  We should be prepared to learn what we can from everyone.
•               It is not doing the thing to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
•              Everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
•             The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.

Gems of inspiration

 

                                       Gems of inspiration 

 

•           Accept the challenges so you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
•           Don’t believe in age. Believe in energy. Don’t let age dictate what you can and can’t do.
•           The will to win, the desire to succeed,  the urge to reach your potential, these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
•            Hard work beats the talent when talent doesn’t work.
•           Everyone is gifted,but most people never open the package.
•            Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that is creativity.
•            Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
•           Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it is inspiring.

Ideal worship

                                      Ideal worship

             Ideal worship is dedicating normal activities of life in spirit and truth in the form of various rituals  

           to complete absorption in God. Adi Shankara gives a picturesque description of that in his hymn ‘ Shiva Manasa Puja’.  In one of the verses addressed to Lord Shiva :

      “  Oh, Shambhu (  epithet of Lord Shiva meaning the auspicious Supreme, benevolent, the bestower of Bliss )!  You are my self, Goddess Parvati ( Lord Shiva’s consort) is the intelligence, the vital energies are your companions,

This body of mine is your house for worship, all the pleasures of my senses are objects to use for your worship, my sleep is the state of deep meditation ( complete absorption in you ).

My walking is the ceremony of circumambulating you, all my words are hymns of praise of you.

Whatever action I do, all that is adoration of you.”

A few words on the welfare of a state

 

                                   A few words on the welfare of a state

•             There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.
•            To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of the skill. Thus, what is of supreme importance in wars is to attack the enemy’s strategy 
•            When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditure, there is no fear of impoverishment of your state.
•     The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Precious thoughts to cherish

  

                                Precious thoughts to cherish

•             If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find the truth you will become invincible.
•            The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
•            Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
•           Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wiseman, his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of his life.
•           Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not with insensibility but through greatness of mind.
•          Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
•        The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.