“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.” – Richard Bach Kabir – The couplet ???? ?? ??? ??? ??, ??? ?? ???? ??? | ??? ? ??? ??????, ??? ??? ??? ??? || transliterated: Meetha sab koi khaat hai, vish hai laage dhaay | Neem na koi peevasi, sabe rog mit jaay ||…
Month: February 2011
Learn from yesterday – the world is a beautiful place .
“Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning? “ – Coleman Cox Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ?????????, ???? ?????? ???? | ???? ?????? ??? ??? ??, ?????? ?? ??? ??? ?? || transliterated: Sheetal shabd ucchhariye, aham maaniye naahi | Tera preetam tujh mein hai, dushman bhi…
Ten lands are sooner known than one man.
“I am not young enough to know everything.” – Oscar Wilde Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ???? ???, ???? ? ???? ??? | ??? ???? ??? ????, ?? ?? ???? ?? ??? || transliterated: Padha suna seekha sabhi, miti na sanshay shool | Kahe Kabir – kaise kahoon, yeh sab dukh ka mool ||…
Ego destroys existence – humility fosters life.
“Self importance is our greatest enemy….our self importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.” –Carlos Castaneda Kabir – The couplet ???? ??? ?? ???? ???, ??? ??? ? ???? | ??? ???? ?????? ???, ??? ??? ?? ???? || transliterated: Maya taja to kya hua, maan taja na jaaye |…
Patience is a foundation to understanding
“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.” — William Channing Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ?? ???, ???? ?? ??? ??? |…
I will find myself when I stop searching
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. – Thomas Szasz, “Personal Conduct,” The Second Sin, 1973 Kabir – The couplet ??????? ????? ???, ??? ???? ?? ???? | ??? ??? ??? ??? ??, ?????? ???? ????…
“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.” – Alfred A Montapert
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.” – Stephen Covey Kabir – The couplet ???? ?? ?? ????? ????, ?? ??? ????? ????? | ???? ???? ???? ??, ?? ???? ?? ??? || transliterated: Karta tha so kyon kiya, ab kare kyon pachtaye…
We are what we eat
“Fast, easy and cheap may work for a one-night-stand, if that’s what you’re into, but it’s not going to work for a healthy, sustainable relationship. Once we make a real committment, the other changes will follow.” – Beth Bader (http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/12/05/food-for-thought-we-are-what-we-eat/ ) Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ??????, ???? ?? ?? ??? | ???? ????…