[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you continuously compete with others, you become bitter. But if you continuously compete with yourself you become better. ~ unknown
Category: Quotes
SHORT STORY | The boy and the starfish
Original Story by: Loren Eisley [dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is […]
QUOTE | Changing the world is an inside thing.
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried […]
QUOTE | Why play it safe when you can be magnificent?
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]e daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers. ~ Cecil Beaton
POSTER | Since armies are legal, we feel that war is acceptable
You can buy a large print of this poster here. Since armies are legal, we feel that war is acceptable; in general, nobody feels that war is criminal or that accepting it is criminal attitude. In fact, we have been brainwashed. War is neither glamorous nor attractive. It is monstrous. Its very nature is one of […]
VIDEO & INFOGRAPHIC | The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer: [Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. (October 5, 1958)] Source: LYBIO.net The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth the […]
NOTES | Intelligence vs Intellect
Buddha is very much in favor of intelligence, but remember that he does not mean intellect by it. Intellect is a heavy thing, intelligence is more total. Intellect is borrowed, intelligence is your own. Intellect is logical, rational; intelligence is more than logical. It is super-logical, it is intuitive. The intellectual person lives only through […]
QUOTE | Why are we afraid of our own light?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~ Plato
QUOTE | How ironic is this?
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]umans are the only creatures in this world who cut the trees, make paper from it and then write “save the trees” on it. ~ Author Unknown
QUOTE | What do you choose? Whatever you choose, let it be a wise choice.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] choose to live by choice, not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be motivated, not manipulated; to be useful, not used; to excel, not compete. I choose self-esteem, not self pity. I choose to listen to my inner voice, not the random opinion of others. — Author unknown.