“Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot […]
“Your success and happiness lie in you.” ― Helen Keller What are the key ingredients of a happy and successful life? This is a difficult question to answer because the definition of success is not the same for everyone. Different folks have different definitions of success and happiness. But are there any unifying ideas that apply […]
“We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.”- Lao Tzu This is Part-2 of the two-part series on the timeless wisdom of Lao Tzu. Here is Part-1. The Life Tips so far: 1. Knowing Who You Are And How To Become Truly Rich 2. Seek To Listen And […]
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ.” ― Shannon L. Alder If you are like me, you have been bothered by excuses […]
“Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.” ― B.K.S. Iyengar Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar or BKS […]
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” ― Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, the legendary poet and writer needs no introduction. It would be an understatement to say that her words of wisdom have uplifted and touched millions of people. I have always loved the wisdom and beauty encapsulated in Angelou’s words. I have […]
Plutarch of Chaeronea was one of the more influential philosophers of the early period along with Augustine of Hippo and Aristotle of Stagira. Plutarch was an author, biographer and philosopher who was born in the ancient town of Chaeronea, Greece in 46 AD. Plutarch wrote more than 220 pieces of work in his lifetime. Some of his […]
“All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803 and was an American […]
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”― Rumi Over the years, I have been graced and awe-struck by the wisdom of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, the poet, theologian and Sufi mystic. It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher […]
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” ―Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Marcus Aurelius Augustus was the emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD, and one of the important stoic philosophers. Marcus Aurelius wrote the famous work Meditations in Greek. Meditations is widely regarded as an exceptional work on […]
