Category: Philosophy

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” – Aristotle Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ??? ??, ?? ??? ???? ??? | ?? ???? ???? ???, ?? ??? ??? ? ??? || transliterated: Kala nala heen jal, so phir paani hoye| Jo paani moti bane, so phir neer na hoye|| Translation: Even…

“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing” it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.” – Fulton J. Sheen Kabir – The couplet ??? ????? ?? ????, ??? ?????? ?? ??? | ??? ??? ?????? ????, ??? ??? ??…

“He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.” – Benjamin Franklin Kabir – The couplet ????? ?? ???? ???, ???? ??? ?? ????? | ?? ???? ????? ???, ?? ???? ?? ???? | transliterated: Kabira man pancchi bhaye, bhaave taha te aajaye | Jo jaisa sangat kare, to taisa phal paaye ||…

“It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you.” – Rob Bell Kabir – The couplet ??? ??? ???? ???, ??? ??? ????? | ????? ??? ???? ???, ?? ?? ??? ? ??? || transliterated:…

  “When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely.” – Dana Reeve Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ??? ???, ???? ????? ??? | ??? ????? ?????, ???? ??? ? ??? || transliterated: Sevak seva…

“I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my…

” A mirage is not real, but yet we see it. A dream taking place while sleeping is not real, yet we experience it during the time of the dream as a reality.” – Remez Sasson Kabir – The couplet ???? ???? ?? ???, ???? ???? ? ??? | ?? ???? ? ?????, ???? ????…

“Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.” – Mildred Barthel Kabir – The couplet ???? ??? ?? ??? ???, ???? ?? ?? ??? | ?? ????? ??? ??, ??? ??? ???, ??? ???? || transliterated: Jhute sukh ko sukh kahe, maanat hai man mauj | Jag chabena kaal ka, kuch mukh mein, kuch…

  “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes Kabir – The couplet ????? ???? ?? ???? ??, ???? ?? ????? | ?? ?????? ?? ?? ???, ?? ???????? ???? ??? || transliterated: Kshama bade ko ucchit hai, chhotan ko utpat | Kaa Vishnu…

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated that that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” – Sylvia Boorstein Kabir – The couplet ????? ???? ?? ???, ???? ?? ?? ????…

“Trying to make a single momentous change is often not only not successful, but often does not result in the desired effect. In fact, it is far better to make small habitual positive life changes that will catapult you to success. “ – Lighthouse Marketing Blog Kabir – The couplet ???? ?? ?? ?? ???…

“If one regards himself superior or equal or inferior by reason of the body that is impermanent, painful and subject to change, what else is it than not seeing reality? Or if one regards himself superior or equal or inferior by reason of feelings, perceptions, volitions or consciousness, what else is it than not seeing…

“The giving of wealth results in obtaining wealth, the giving of teaching results in obtaining wisdom, the giving of fearlessness results in obtaining health and long life.” –Buddhist teaching Kabir – The couplet ??????? ???? ?? ?? ???, ??? ?? ????? ? ??? | ??? ??? ?? ? ???, ?? ??? ??? ???? || transliterated:…

“It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.” -unknown Kabir – The couplet ???? ??? ??? ?? ???, ????? ?? ? ??? | ??? ????? ????? ??, ???? ?? ????? ???…

” A mistake is not a truth because it is shared by many people, just as a truth is not false because it is emitted by a single individual. ” – Mahatma Ghandi Kabir – The couplet ??? ?? ?? ?? ?????, ?? ?? ??? ? ??? | ????? ????? ???? ????, ????? ????? ????…

“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 ||…

“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…

“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 ||…

“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 |…

“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 ???? ???? ?? ???, ???? ?? ??? ??? |…

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 ??????? ????? ???, ??? ???? ?? ???? | ??? ??? ??? ??? ??, ?????? ???? ????…

“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…

“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 ???? ???? ??????, ???? ?? ?? ??? | ???? ????…

“Humility gives you a teachable spirit that makes everything easier.” – Seth Barnes (http://www.sethbarnes.com/?filename=the-importance-of-humility) Kabir – The couplet ???? ????? ?? ???, ????? ?? ?? ??? | ???? ??????? ?? ????????, ??? ??? ?? ??? || transliterated: Sabse laghuta hi bhala, laghuta se sab hoye | Jaise dwitiya ka chandrama, shashi lahai sab koye ||…

“Have you ever noticed how refreshingly fun it is to be around positive thinking people who seem to naturally maintain a positive attitude? No matter how bad the circumstances, negativity never even enters their minds, let alone crosses their lips to form negative, faithless words!” – Positive Attitude Tips – by Karen Wolf about.com –…

“I don’t want to come to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman Kabir – The couplet ??? ????? ??? ????, ????? ???? ??? | ?? ???? ???? ???, ??? ?????? ???…

The significance of man is that he is that part of the universe that asks the question, What is the significance of Man? He alone can stand apart imaginatively and, regarding himself and the universe in their eternal aspects, pronounce a judgment: The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of…

I believe that love cannot be bought except with love. – John Steinbeck Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Until we have a passionate love for Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament, we shall accomplish nothing. – St. Peter Eymard Kabir – The couplet ????? ? ???? ????,…

But have you ever tried to get your mind to wander? It’s about as easy as getting a cat to stay where you tell it to, or telling a toddler not to cry, or willing the heavy clouds not to rain on your picnic. – by Kristin on May 5, 2010 (http://www.halfwaytonormal.com/?p=1058) Kabir – The…

“When an ordinary man attains knowledge he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding he is an ordinary man.” –Zen Buddhism Kabir – The couplet ????? ???? ??????, ?? ?? ??? ???? | ????? ??????? ?? ?? ???, ???? ???? ? ??? || transliterated: Sahib teri saahibi, sab ghat rahi samai | Jyon mehendi…

“The soul of religion is one, but it is encased in a multitude of forms.” –Mahatma Gandhi Kabir – The couplet ??? ????? ????, ?? ?? ??? ???? | ?????? ?? ?? ??? ???, ??? ??? ???? || transliterated: Pachha pachhi ke karane, sab jag raha bhulan | Nirpachh ho ke hari bhaje, soi sant…

As an unperfect actor on the stage, Who with his fear is put beside his part, Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage, Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart; So I, for fear of trust, forget to say The perfect ceremony of love’s rite, And in mine own love’s strength seem to…

“The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate: Death lays his icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.” –       James Shirley (Death’s Final Conquest) Kabir – The couplet…

“In this place, with thoughts of transience uppermost on my mind, I inevitably reflect on the words of others who once pondered the same things. At such times, I think of the question posed by a long-ago psalmist – “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” – or the Buddhist who meditated on…

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk…

“The Bible also tells us, “With humility comes wisdom.” Every day I realize I’m just a sinner like everyone else, and I have been forgiven only because of God’s grace. God gave us our gifts and abilities. He blessed our efforts. If we start thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to, it takes…

“A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness.” – Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764 Kabir – The couplet ??? ???? ?? ?????, ??…

“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. As the world, which to the naked eye exhibits the greatest variety of objects, appears very simple in its internal constitution when surveyed by a philosophical understanding, and so much the simpler by how much the better it…

“Prayer reinforces humility. It is all too easy in the crush of human events to forget how little control we have. Indeed, it is to some degree a psychological necessity to think of ourselves as more effective, more powerful, and more in control than we really are. Just as necessary, though, Luther realized, is the…

. “And the small grain of sand That had bothered him so Was a beautiful pearl All richly aglow.” – from poem “Lessons from An Oyster” – full poem and source at end Kabir – The couplet ?????? ????? ?? ???????, ?? ???? ??? ??? | ????? ?? ????? ???, ??? ?????? ??? || transliterated:…

“You may have heard the expression ‘His pride stood in the way.’ This phrase is usually used to describe a person who is so determined to be ‘right’ that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever. Don’t let this happen to a friendship you care about. Remember: as time goes on, we…

“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I’ll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.” -Lord Byron Kabir –…

Is there anyone on earth who actually enjoys doing the dishes? Anyone who looks forward to cleaning up the house? Can we find joy in putting out the garbage, vacuuming the living room, washing the windows, ironing clothes? If, like millions of others, we consider these tasks a necessary evil, a tedious but unavoidable circumstance…

Once the success of knowledge has been demonstrated by an action, everyone need not to experiment and rediscover the wheel. Since most of the people are engaged in their worldly pursuits like agriculture, manufacturing, software development etc, they need not to be learning the pure knowledge or the technical knowledge. Thus they are advised to…

Different things delight different people. But it is my delight to keep the ruling faculty sound without turning away either from any man or from any of the things which happen to men, but looking at and receiving all with welcome eyes and using everything according to its value. – Marcus Aurelius 121-180, Roman emperor…

Visualize a ray of the infinite light flowing into you from behind, through your medulla oblongata (at the base of the brain). Let it flow into your body and activate everything you do and say. God is in all things the real Doer. Meditating on this thought will help you to realize its truth. Feel…

Put aside your pride: “YOU WOULDN’T WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF YOU IF YOU KNEW HOW SELDOM THEY DO!” People are usually so busy worrying about how THEY appear to others, or how they look, or about the many things they have to get done today, or about the pain they are…

“Love every day. Each one is so short and they are so few”. – Norman Vincent Peale Kabir – The couplet transliterated: Durlabh manush janam hai, hoi na dooji baar | Pakka fal jo gir pada, laage na dooji bar || Translation: Human life is difficult to achieve, and it is only one we get…