Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West
Slowly and steadily cleanse the mind; sharpen the intellect, purify the senses, and win grace.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
-Vincent van Gogh
Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
In a child's brain, nothing like good - bad, mine - yours or vice - virtue exist. By
way of conditioning, all these are fed into his system. Likewise, the child's liver
cannot take spicy or fried food, for that too it needs to be trained.
-Deep Trivedi
The one who has deep knowledge of wide-ranging subjects has the capability to provide solutions to almost every problem. He has the intelligence required to understand the basic nature of the problem and then work accordingly towards finding its solution. He always gives right advice to the right people at the right time.
When we see everything in life as a game, we will be equally joyous when falling as we are when rising. If we can fully understand this – if we can see life as swinging on a swing – we will never fall apart when failure comes our way.