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Saturday, February 10, 2007

HUMAN FOLLIES

I COMPARE AND SO I AM HUMAN I am human being after all. Therefore I tend to compare. Someone, much younger than me, one who I thought will never cross the boundaries of school driving a car. He says it is his own car. I believe him because he wears the look of a man who has made it big in life. I... Sign in to see full entry.

HAPPINESS

ARE YOU REALLY HAPPY? Has life given you all that you asked for, from it I ask myself sometimes. Perhaps yes; perhaps not. Everyone wants to be happy in his own way.To some, happiness means a spacious bunglow, a huge bank balance, a luxurious car and everything that money can buy. Are these people... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

MONEY-WISE Money is a strange commodity. It flatters to deceive. People who depend on money for happiness are in fact fools. For, money alone cannot give happiness. It can only give material comforts. I have never been a rich man as far as money is concerned. But I have been a rich man otherwise.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

MIND OVER MATTER

The mind is our greatest asset. It controls our body and governs our action. It is therefore very important for us to keep our mental forces under control. The human mind is pounded with a million thoughts a second; all varied and complex in nature. For a human being to behave rationally and to... Sign in to see full entry.

TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE

The famous American writer and novelist Mark Twain had this to say on forgiveness: ‘Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it” Forgiveness is a quality that not all of us have in us. While we may think that to ‘forgive is divine’ many of us continue to carry on... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 26, 2007

LOVE, LOVE & LOVE

Love is a mystifying word. The four letter word holds more mysticism than perhaps any other word in the english dictionary. It is very difficult to explain what love actually is. Is it a just a feeling or much more than that? Falling in love is an experience which only those who have been lovestruck... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

What is life .....................

Born to Live "I would like to be a flower which blooms to full glory and dies, than being a tree that never blossoms. I would like to be a spark that burns with a brilliant blaze for a moment, than being a light which cannot show path to anyone. I would like to be a superb meteor which carries a... Sign in to see full entry.

MARK TWAIN SAID ...........

TWAIN’S TEN Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great.- (Mark Twain) Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do…..... Sign in to see full entry.

WORDS WORTH

Weird Words 1 Diatribe: Criticism. Often bitter and accusing in nature. 2. Cavort: Prance – to make merry..3. Gargoyle: grotesque carved statue. 4. moor: secure. 5. peevish: cross or complaining: fretful: 6. chivvy: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 7. askance: skeptically... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

"Where the mind is without fear"

Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR’ is a patriotic poem written during India’s freedom struggle. In this poem the poet makes an appeal to God almighty to give his countrymen the power to liberate themselves more in the mind than in anything else. In the first stanza of the poem... Sign in to see full entry.

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