Quotes

Some Quotes That I Wrote

In 2001, my friend Sandeep Rai Rathore, a Police Officer gifted me a silver-coloured diary for the New Year and it was one book which I have made prolific use of so far. Besides the poems I wrote, I have also copied interesting passages from books I read. Some are here.

"In Medicine as in good advice, the least palatable is the truest." Doctor quotes Chyavana in The Post Office, a drama by Raindranath Tagore. The drama was a prescribed text for study when I studied my I B.A. English. But reading it more than 10 years later, it had the power to move me to tears.

From the Mahabharata by C. Rajagopalachari: "Never should a prince and leader bow his haughty head to fear. Let his fortune be however desperate, death however near. If his soul grow faint, let him imprison weakness in his heart, keep a bold and open countenance and play on a hero's part. If the leader fear and faint, then all behind him faint and fear. So the king of men should keep a dauntless look and forehead clear.

"Concern for man himself and his safety must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavours. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations." - Albert Einstein.

The Dalai Lama on the Millennium:
1. Tame into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the 3 Rs: Respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules, so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone everyday.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10.Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreement with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never seen before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Sayings of Anandamayi Ma:
1. As the intention, so the reward.
2. One cannot be sure of the next breath.
3. Take an about turn (from looking outward to looking within).
4. With God's name on your lips, engage in your work in the world.
5. The suffering of life is a blessing in disguise.
6. Whatever happens is equally welcome.
7. As you say, so you hear.

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A wise old owl
Sat on an oak
The more he saw
The less he spoke
The less he spoke
The more he heard
Why aren't we like
That wise old bird?
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