48. 60 SECONDS

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

47. WHOM I VALUE MOST

I do not care what other's say and think about me. But there is one man's opinion which I very much value, and that is the opinion of.....(myself). Other's I need not think about. I can get away from them, but I have to be with him all the time. He is with me when I rise up and when I lie down, when I eat and talk; when I go out and come in. It makes a great difference whether he thinks well of me or not?

46. TO HAVE SUCCEEDED

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, or a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived - is TO HAVE SUCCEEDED!

45. TIME

You know time is a funny thing. One day you're a child, carefree and playful. Then you turn around and suddenly you're a teenager. You turn around again and you're a young adult. You work hard making a place for yourself in the world. Then at the next turn you're middle-aged with your youth behind you. Nr=ext turn and you are old and perhaps dependent. You can't halt the inevitable march of time. So just relax, enjoy the interval between each turn, and don't worry about having another birthday, but enjoy the days all the same.

44. SUCCESS

Success slips away from you like sand through the fingers, like water through a leaking pail, unless success is held tight by hard work, day by day, night by night, year in and year out. Everyone who is not looking forward to going to seed looks forward to working harder and harder and, more fruitfully as long as he survives.

43. SUBMISSION TO WRONG AND INJUSTICE

I am firm in my conviction that there is no calamity which a great nation can invite, which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice, and the consequent loss of national self-respect and beneath which are shielded and defended peoples safety and greatness????????

42. SLAVE

Show me a man/woman who is not a slave. One is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition; all to some habit or the other and all are slave to fear of some kind or another. You have to only to look and you will find an aged reputed official who is slave to an old hag, a millionaire who is slave to a serving-maid, youth of the noblest birth in serfdom to prayers or meditation! No servitude is more disgraceful than that which is self-imposed.

41. SENTIMENTS & OPINIONS

Sentiments are what unite people, opinions are what separate them. Sentiments are a simple bond that gathers us together; opinions represent the principle of variety that scatters. The friendships of youth are founded on the former; the cliques of old age are to be blamed on the latter. If we could only realize this early and arrive at a liberal view as regards others in cultivating our own attitude of mind, we would be more conciliatory and try to collect by the bond of sentiment what opinion has dispersed.

40. RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS

Take equal parts of Faith and Courage, mix well with a sense of Humour, sprinkle with a few Tears and add a helping of Kindness for others. Bake in a Good-natured oven and dust with Laughter. Scrape away any Self-indulgence that may be apparent and serve with generous Helpings!!!!

39. PITY

There are two kinds of pity. i) The weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the hearts' impatience to be rid, as quickly as possible, of the painful emotion aroused by the sight of another's unhappiness. That which is not compassion but only an instinctive desire to fortify one's own soul against the suffering of another. ii) The other, the only kind that counts, the unsentimental but creative kind, which knows what it is about and is determined to hold out, in patience and forbearance, to the very limit of its strength and even beyond.

38. PERSISTENCE

Nothing in this world, according to me, can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful person with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb! Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts? Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and will solve all problems of the human beings, whatever be the circumstances.

37. ONCE IN A WHILE

Once in a while we meet someone who always knows how to make us feel good, who understands us as few others do, who's is glad for us when things are going well, who is there to listen when we have something to share. Once in a while we find someone we can really depend upon!!!!!!!!

36. NOTORIETY AND FAME AND GREATNESS

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. Many of the titled in today's world obtained their fame and fortune outside their own merit. On the other hand, you must have met great people, in the most obscure roles, in life. For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Nobody, least of all mere humans, confers greatness upon another, for it is not a prize but an achievement. And greatness can crown the head of a janitor just as readily as it can come to someone of high rank.

35. NATURE

Take time off each day to commune with Nature and to silently witness the Intelligence within every living being that exists. Sit silently and watch the Sunrise or the Sunset, or listen to the sound of the Ocean, or a Stream or the music of a bird, or simply smell the scent of a Flower. Practice non-judgement!
Begin each new day with the Statement "today I shall judge nothing that occurs".

34. MY SYMPHONY

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy not responsible and wealthy not rich; to study hard, think quietly and talk frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open heart; to hear all cheerfully, to act bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in brief to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common; this I desire to be my symphony.

33. MURDERERS

A murderous type of person does not exist outside the pages of the cheaper kind of thrillers. You and I, my dear fellows, are potential murderers restrained so far, partly by lack of a sufficiently strong motive, and partly, by a healthy fear of what is represented by the policeman at the corner of the street?

32. MISERY, CONFUSION AND CLARITY

To understand the misery and confusion that exist within ourselves, and so in the world, we must first find clarity within ourselves and that clarity comes about through right thinking. This clarity is not to be organized, for it cannot be exchanged with another. Organized group thought is merely repetitive. Clarity is not the result of verbal assertion, but of intense self-awareness and right thinking. Right thinking is not the outcome of or mere cultivation of the intellect, nor is it conformity to pattern, however worthy and noble. Right thinking comes with self-knowledge. Without understanding yourself - you have no basis for thought; without self-knowledge, what you think is not necessarily true. There is hope in man, not in society, not in systems, not in organized religious groups, but in you and me.

31. MIND

A part of the human body, which, like the parachute, works best when open. However, like the richest jewels that are sooner or later found to wear out their settings, a great many of the so-called open minds should be closed for repairs, at the proper time, lest they consume the body to which they are attached.

30. MANNERS

Manners are like the cipher in arithmetic, they may not be much value in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal to the value of everything else.

29. LOYALTY

The word Loyalty, according to me, is so black and white, so often misapplied, so double-faced and hard to recognize from one side to the other, that, perhaps, it would be better to leave it altogether out of use? Its presence is assumed, its absence blamed with a partial and unreasonable passion. Rarely the same for him who speaks and him who hears from even the least divergent angle: and the fact is that the word is a collective, whose use with a singular meaning is almost, without exception, a mistake. By its very nature it provides ground for conflict between truth and faithfulness.

28. LOVE

Love is sharing all the wonderful things of life with someone you care about. By caring for each other, our lives get entwined. By sharing our Hopes, our Thoughts, our Dreams our lives will become joyous as never before.
Working with each other to build our lives together, we will glow in love. Your love, having brought you closer together, will create a HOME. That Home will still express your individuality and yet your love for one another will make that Home an abode for Peace, rich in Happiness and filled with Love for ALL.
This Love will then offer only good things in life to be enjoyed with that person, come what may!!!!!

27.LOST

Lost yesterday, between sunrise and sunset three golden hours, each set with sixty silver minutes and sixty golden seconds. No reward for the finder, if any, as, for me, they are lost forever.

26. LIFE

Life is no brief candle to me. It is, instead, a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before it is no longer capable of sustaining itself.

25. LAUGHTER

Spontaneous laughter is produced by the coordinated contraction of 15 facial muscles in a stereotype pattern and accompanied by altered breathing. The following is a description abridged from Sally's classic essay on the subject:
"Smiling involves a complex group of facial movement. It may suffice to remind the reader of such characteristic changes as the drawing back and slight lifting of the corners of the mouth, the raising of the upper lip, which partially uncovers the teeth and the curving of the furrows betwixt the corners the mouth and the nostrils (the naso-labials furrows). To these must be added the formation of wrinkles under the eye, which is a further result of the first movement, and the increased brightness of the EYES.

24. KNOWLEDGE

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to admit that you do not know it : this is knowledge in truth!
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above the other. But remember that knowledge must be adorned, it must have luster as well as weight, or it will be often taken for Lead than Gold.
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgement, giving assent to that which is not true.

23. IDLENESS

It is a theory of mine that we owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to 'idleness' - either forced or voluntary. The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself - and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

22. I

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself - I not events have the power to make me happy or unhappy! I can choose what it shall be! Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day - today - and I'm going to be happy in it and I can be!

21. HUMOUR

Humour - like mathematics - may be pure or applied. Pure humour, which has no other end than to amuse is an excellent remedy for tired minds. Applied humour, to my way of thinking, is the more important branch of the subject. It is a tool by the use of which injustice; hypocrisy, tyranny, and foolishness can be laughed into disrepute. It is a tool to whose use writers like Voltaire dedicated some of the comic writing in literature.

20. HABIT

Let me tell you about the most obstinate word I have come across,
maybe you will agree too. It is HABIT. You see if we remove the first
letter H, "a bit" still remains. When we remove both H and A, "bit"
still remains. O.K. if we remove the first 3 letters "it" still
remains. If we go a step further and remove T also, the egoistic "I"
still remains. The only way to get rid of HABIT is to get rid of it
at one go!!!!

19. GREAT STAGE

Look carefully and you will notice that, just such a comedy as we see played on the stage of a theatre is played on the great stage of the world. We are all actors in a play. To some it is allotted to play kings or prelates, to others - merchants, soldiers, workers or husbandmen and each should see that he/she acts the part given, but to select it belongs to a greater power?

18. GOD AND FREE WILL

There is an old argument: if God is all-powerful, why did He not force all persons to His will. This ignores the limited Free Will granted to human beings, which is the whole basis of Ethics. God gives us every opportunity of knowing and understanding things, but He does not force us, for that would be against the 'whole plan' on which our present life is constituted. Even though God's signs are everywhere in Nature and in men's own conscience, yet in addition God has sent human Messengers to different group of People to call their attention to the 'Good' and turn them away from 'Evil'. So one is not right in saying that God has abandoned them or that He does care for them. His Divine Grace always invites their will to choose the right course. While some people accept the guidance of the Divine Grace, others so surrender themselves to Evil that it must necessarily follow that Evil obtains a grip over them.

17. GENTLEMAN

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. He makes light of favours while he does them and seems to be receiving when he is conferring them and observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy, as if he were, one day to be our friend.

16. FIRST THINGS

In everything you do consider what comes first and what follows and thereafter approach it. Otherwise you will come to it with a good heart at first, because you have not reflected on any of the consequences, and afterwards, when difficulties come in sight, you will shamefully desist.

15. FINEST HOURS

The finest hours of life are those spent not among large groups, but in conversation with just a few people, in reading great books, in listening to melodious music, wandering in a forest of great trees, unraveling nature's secrets in a laboratory. The persons who have had the most to give their fellow beings are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a person to be alone to spend time with himself/herself.

14.FAMILY

What saying that the regulation of the family depends on the cultivation of the personal life means is this. Men are partial towards those for whom they have affection and whom they love, partial towards those whom they despise and dislike. Partial towards those whom they fear and revere; those whom they pity; and for whom they have compassion; and those whom they do not respect. Therefore there are few people in the world who know what is unacceptable in those whom they love, and what is good in those whom they dislike. Hence it is said, people do not know faults of their children and also do not know (or are not satisfied with) the bigness of their seedlings. This is what is meant, by saying that if the personal life is not cultivated, one cannot regulate his family.

13. FALSEHOOD AND LYING

There is a difference between telling a falsehood and lying. One who lies is not himself deceived, but tries to deceive others. He who tells a falsehood is himself deceived. One who lies deceives as far as he is able to, but one who tells a falsehood does not, himself; deceive more than he can help. A good man ought to take pains not to lie, a wise man, not to tell a falsehood.

12. DUTY

Duty performed is a moral tonic; if neglected the tone and strength of both mind and heart are weakened and the spiritual health undermined.

11. DO - GOOD

If you seek what is honourable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course. Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Just don't give up trying to do good, that you really want to do. Where there is love, will and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Everybody should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength and he will see his dreams come true.

10. DIFFICULT TIMES

Sometimes, when we are at a difficult time in our lives, we do not reach out for help. Maybe it is because we are proud, maybe we think we would be bothering someone with out troubles. Perhaps we are embarrassed. Or we might think that what is troubling us has never bothered anyone before and we are afraid to show our fears or feelings. Is it correct? We should learn to share our miseries, in a tactful manner, just as we would like others to share our joys, and take guidance.

9. COURAGE

Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty or opposition. Courage is the energy current behind all great actions and the spark that ignites the initial baby steps of growth. It resides deep within each of us, ready to be accessed in those moments when you need to forge ahead to break through seemingly insurmountable barriers.

8. CONTENTMENT

The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind, and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to see happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief's which he

7. CHILODREN

God has sent children to enlarge our hearts and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections rather than merely to keep up the race. - Children assist us in more ways than one: to give our souls higher aims; to call out all our faculties: to extended enterprise and exertion; and to sing round our firesides - bright faces, happy smiles and loving tender hearts.

6. BLESSINGS

I am a confirmed believer in 'blessings in disguise'. I prefer them undisguised when I happen to be the person blessed. But the theory that blessings in disguise are constantly happening to other people I find consoling. It enables me to bear their troubles without feeling miserable.

5. BENDING

The exercise most frequently performed by human beings. We bend over backwards for some people; we bend low fawning over others; we never miss a bender; teachers give benders; we periodically bend to pick up the shattered pieces of our lives; we bend double with pain; we bend low with care; we bend to touch our toes in vain attempt to stave off the middle age spread. In fact we are now beginning to stoop to any lengths.... And I wonder why our forefathers ever bothered to stand up in the first place.

4. AWE

Out of our recognition in fear and awe that there is an unknowable comes all that is best in the exploration of the mind, even though that recognition often misleads us into superstition, enslavement and over-confidence.

3, AFFLICTION

Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experience, that at the time seemed desolating and painful, with particular satisfaction. Indeed everything I have learnt, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my existence has been through 'affliction' and through 'happiness'. If it were to be possible to eliminate affliction from our earthly existence, the result would not be to make life delectable, but to make it too banal and trivial to be endurable.

2, ACTIVITY

Inactivity should be avoided by all means, it only leads us to be
nonsensical. Activity implies resistance. Resist all evils, mental and physical and when you have learnt to do this without fear or favour you will find calmness around you and peace of mind to give you company.

1. ACCURACY

Some of the words in common usage have widely divergent meanings and need deep reflection. I don't lay any claims to the originality of the words/sentences I have chosen, they are from my very old collections modified from time to time. Here are a few of these words, which fascinate me the most:

ACCURACY - It is basic to style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit not only in their utterances but also in their implications, their sequences and in their silences, just as in architecture the empty spaces are as important as those that are filled. The problem of all writing, speech and conversation is the same as that presented by the composition of a telegram. One has to convey a meaning, with the use of a few and generally inadequate words, and eke it out with what the reader, drawing upon his own reserves, will understand. The number of words one can use can never be enough to express one's innermost and real feelings and the impression one wishes to convey. Hence the necessity for apt choice of the few words one really uses - but the reserves he can draw upon in the readers or listeners mind are lavish indeed and that's what counts. The entire art therefore lies in choosing the words that the person not only understands but also has no room for ambiguity or misunderstandings.