Memory Spots : January 2016

Common thread

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
-Anton Chekhov, short-story writer and dramatist (29 Jan 1860-1904)

A leader exists

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

- David Rockfeller

Acceptable Response

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

-Colette, author (28 Jan 1873-1954)

"A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent (which without impiety I cannot deny that I possess) will go to seed if he always remains in the same place."
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer and musician (27 Jan 1756-1791)

Let it speak : Art

"Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first."

– Arthur Schopenhauer

Ordinary & Extraordinary

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

- Elbert Hubbard

Art is...

"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."

– Leo Tolstoy

Hit - and - Run

Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying -- Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you.
-Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, television host, and actress (b. 26 Jan 1958)

Word power

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.

-Dennis Potter, dramatist (1935-1994)

Try this Tongue Twistter...

Risk and Reward

Take a risk and you will get a reward, although it may not be a medal.

– Anonymous

Courage

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

– Maya Angelou

Autobiographical

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

-Federico Fellini, film director, and writer (20 Jan 1920-1993)

Sides

If triangles had a God, he would have three sides.

-Charles de Montesquieu, philosopher and writer (1689-1755)

Words at command

His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command.

-John Milton, poet (1608-1674)

Life is a drawing

Follow your passion

Gut feeling

When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut.

-Kevin O'Leary

Gift

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa

Thanksgiving to Sun

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

Evita Peron

Good Compliment

Mark Twain famously said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment." Great for you Mark Twain, but I don't think many people can live off of 6 compliments per year!

-Dale Patridge

To be a Saint

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

-Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (14 Jan 1875-1965)

Extra 30 hours a month

Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting up one hour earlier for 21 days and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the things that are important to you.

-Robin S Sharma

Happy Lohri! Happy Bhogi!

'யாதும் ஊரே'-வின் பசுமை வணக்கங்கள்...

இயற்கையாய் இணைந்தவர்களுக்கு,

'யாதும் ஊரே'-வின் பசுமை வணக்கங்கள்...

நாம் வாழும் பூமி சூரியனிலிருந்து மூன்றாவதாக உள்ள கோள். மனிதர்கள் உள்பட பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான உயிரினங்கள் வாழும் இடமான இந்த பூமி, அண்டத்தில் உயிர்கள் இருப்பதாக அறியப்படும் ஒரே இடமாக கருதப்படுகிறது. பூமியில், நாம் அனுபவிக்கும் இந்த சுற்றுசுழல் நமக்கானது மட்டுமல்ல. அது நம் எதிர்கால தலைமுறையினருக்கு, நம் கண்ணுக்கு தெரியாத அனைத்து ஜீவராசிகளுக்கும் திருப்பிக் கொடுக்கவேண்டிய கடன் என்பதை கருத்தில் கொண்டு "யாதும் ஊரே" இணைவோம் இணைப்போம் திட்டம் தொடங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

எதிர்காலம் குறித்த சிந்தனையும், எதிர்காலத் தலைமுறையின் ஆரோக்கியமான சூழலுக்கான சிந்தனையும் ஒருங்கிணையும் புள்ளியாக நடைபெற்ற கருத்தரங்கில் கலந்துகொண்டு, "யாதும் ஊரே" திட்டத்தில் உங்களை இணைத்துக் கொண்டதற்கு, முதற்கண் நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம். மாற்றங்கள் மந்திரத்தால் நிகழ்வதில்லை.. நல்ல மனங்களால் நிகழ்கிறது என்பதன் ஆரம்ப அடையாளம் இது.

சுற்றுச்சுழலை பாதுகாக்கவும்... எதிர்கால சந்ததியினருக்கு இயற்கையின் அதிசயங்களினை விட்டுச்செல்லவும், சுற்றுச்சுழல் பாதுகாப்பில் முழுமையான மாற்றம் கொண்டுவரவேண்டியது அவசியமாகிறது. சிந்தனை இல்லாத செயலோ, செயலற்ற சிந்தனையோ முழுபயன் தராது. சிந்திப்போம்... செயல்படுவோம்... அதன்படி சுற்றுச்சுழல் கல்வி, நீர்நிலைகள் பராமரிப்பு, கழிவுப் பொருள் மேலாண்மை மற்றும் மரம் நடுதலும் பராமரித்தலும் போன்ற நான்குமுனை செயல்பாடுகளையும், முழுமையாக ஒருங்கிணைத்து நாம் செயல்பட இருக்கிறோம்.

வரும் முன் காப்பதே அறிவுடைமை. தொலைநோக்கான பயணத்திற்கான முதல் படி இது. இயற்கையை நேசிக்கும், போற்றும் பாதுகாக்கும் ஓர் இயக்கமாக 'யாதும் ஊரே' செயல்படும். இணைவோம்... இணைப்போம்...

நன்றிகளுடன்,

'யாதும் ஊரே' குழு.

Yadhum Oore <yadhum1@agaram.in>
Date: 2016-01-13 14:08 GMT+05:30

Only Weapons

Sometimes laughter hurts, but humor and mockery are our only weapons.

-Cabu (pen name of Jean Cabut), cartoonist and co-founder of Charlie Hebdo (13 Jan 1938-2015)

Works in any country

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.

-Hermann Göring, Nazi military leader (12 Jan 1893-1946)

How strong

I never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who wasn't sorry and accept an apology I never received.

-Unknown

Try three

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

- Laurence J. Peter

Talk to yourself

"One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening."

-Franklin P. Jones

Without sunshine....

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

- Steve Martin

Removal of Unwanted

"I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need."

-Auguste Rodin

Clever and Kind

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

-Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi and professor (11 Jan 1907-1972)

Explore. Dream. Discover

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

– Mark Twain

Slang Defined

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.

-Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer (1878-1967)

Time to Move on...

Know what you want

Know What You Want to Achieve

"A goal is a dream with a deadline."

– Napolean Hill

Easy to get to the Top

"It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom."

-Zig Ziglar

Lies within...

"The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job."

-Zig Ziglar

Good or Bad

Your business is never really good or bad "out there."

Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.

-Zig Ziglar

Nothing else can...

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

William Feather

Retrospection...Better Late than Never

"A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong."

-Lewis H. Lapham, editor and writer (b. 8 Jan 1935)

To get over FEAR

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

- Virgil Thomson