Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 257

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect – it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior.

~ Graham Greene

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 256

Immature love says : " I love you because I need you."
Mature love says : " I need you because I love you."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 255

It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.

~ Chinese proverb

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 254

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

~ Carl Jung

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 253

If there be righteousness in the Heart, there will be Beauty in the character. If there be Beauty in the character, there will be Harmony in the Home. If there be Harmony in the Home, there will be order in the Nation. If there be order in the Nation, there will be Peace in the world.
~ Confucius

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 252

I am the man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price. I do not want the peace that you find in stone; I do not want the peace that find in the grave; but I want the peace which you find embedded in the human breast, which is exposed to the arrows of the world, but which is protected from all harm by the power of Almighty God.

~ MK Gandhi

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 251

Death is certain for the born, and rebirth is inevitable for the dead. You should not, therefore, grieve over the inevitable.
~ Bhagavad Gita



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Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 250

It’s good to be just plain happy, it’s a little better to know that you are happy; but to understand that you are happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.

~ Henry Miller

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 249

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

~ Anthony J D’angelo

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 248

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

~ Anonymous

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 247

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."

~ John Ruskin

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 246

Blowing out another's candle will not make yours shine brighter.

~ Unknown.

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 245

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

~Mahatma Gandhi

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 244

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

~Confucius

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 243

A person can achieve everything by being simple and humble.

~ Rig Veda

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 242

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than one who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self."

~ Aristotle

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 241

“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while."

~ Josh Billings

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 240

Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

~ Victor Hugo

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 239

The one who cares about happiness- about his own happiness- become careful about everybody else’s happiness, because happiness happens only in a happy climate.

~ Osho

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 238

If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I can not do less than acknowledge my dependence.

~ GA Johnston Ross

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 237

Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the four powerful enemies which stimulate sinful deeds. One who desires the welfare of his self should renounce these four flaws.....Faith, knowledge and conduct together constitute the path of liberation; this is the path to be followed . The saints have averred that if it is followed in the right way it will lead to liberation, otherwise it will lead to bondage.

~Lord Mahavira

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 236

"Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a Bank where they have no account"

~Oscar Wilde

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 235

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

~ Babylonian Talmud

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 234

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

~ Pearl S Buck

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 233

There is an old Tibetan saying :

"Wherever you feel at home, you are at home. If your surroundings are pleasant, you are at home".

~ Tenzin Gyatso, The XIV Dalai lama

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 232

The ten Commandments :

1. I am the Lord your God; You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol.
3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
5. Honour your Father and Mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's house; You shall not covet your neighbour's wife.

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 231

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

~ Anthony J D’angelo

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 230

The one who cares about happiness- about his own happiness- become careful about everybody else’s happiness, because happiness happens only in a happy climate.

~ Osho

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 229

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

~Leonardo da Vinci

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 228

Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

~ Ralph Marston

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 227

The setting sun said : “who will take my work?”

The world heard this and yet remained responseless like a picture.

There was an earthen lamp. It said : “Lord! I will exert myself to my utmost”.

~ Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Laureate in literature)

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 226

Love is more eminent than knowledge and greater than intelligence.

~ Hugo of St Victor

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 225

Be humble, be harmless, Have no pretension,

Be upright, forbearing;

Serve your teacher in true obedience,

Keeping the mind and body clean,

Tranquil, steadfast, master of ego,

Standing apart from the things of senses,

Free from self;

Aware of the weakness in mortal nature.

~ Bhagavad Gita 13:7-8

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 224

"Hatred paralyses life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonises it.
Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 223

Whoever is humble to men for God’s sake, may God exalt his eminence.

~ Prophet Muhammad

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 222

Man seeks to change natural foods to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 221

"One should eat to live, not live to eat."

~ Cicero

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 220

“I do not serve what you worship; nor do you serve what I worship. You have your own religion and I have mine."

~ The Koran