“The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say 'it's in!'” ClothesOutrageousSuperstar Author:Amitabh Bachchan
“Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result.” GivingMindSelfStatesHandsCommunityResultsCompassionPracticeLonelinessConfidenceMembersStrongerDistanceSelf ConfidenceInner PeaceFirmUnhappinessPeace Of MindState Of MindSuspicionConstructiveSelf CenteredMistrust Author:Dalai Lama
“Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest.” SelfInterestGenerosityCastingPrudenceSelf InterestConstraintsCasting Off Author:Marilynne Robinson
“Genres aren't closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time.” StuffFlowBoxesGenreBordersBack And Forth Author:Margaret Atwood
“If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness.” IfsWayUseForgetDealsEmotionNegativeImportanceNegative Emotions Author:Dalai Lama
“life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough” ToughSupposed To Be Book:Read for Your Life #16 Source: Read for Your Life #16
“In today's materialistic world there is a risk of people becoming slaves to money, as though they were simply cogs in a huge money-making machine. This does nothing for human dignity, freedom, and genuine well-being. Wealth should serve humanity, and not the other way around.” PeopleWorldWayShouldHumansWellsDoeTodayHumanityWealthRiskHugeBecomingDignityMachinesSlaveGenuineWell BeingMaking MoneyMaterialismWise Man Once SaidMaterialisticHuman DignityCogsMaterialistic World Author:Dalai Lama
“And I don't like books which are full of name dropping.” BookNamesDroppingName Dropping Author:Daphne du Maurier
“When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple, you don't really understand the complexity of the problem. Then you get into the problem, and you see that it's really complicated, and you come up with all these convoluted solutions. That's sort of the middle, and that's where most people stop... But the really great person will keep on going and find the key, the underlying principle of the problem - and come up with an elegant, really beautiful solution that works.” PeoplePersonsProblemSeemsBeautifulSimplePrinciplesMiddleKeysSolutionsCome UpComplicatedComplexityReally GreatElegantReally BeautifulGreat PersonConvoluted Author:Steve Jobs
“The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance” CostEternalVigilanceEternal Vigilance Author:Thomas Jefferson