Jain Spirit 2005 09 No23

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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QUOTES & QUIPS
Quotes.
Quips
Those who have conquered the self have conquered everything. Uttaradhyayan 9-36
Man's needs are infinite and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material. E.F. Schumacher, British economist
All rules for study are summed up in this one: Learn only in order to create. Friedrich Schelling
It is sinful to utter harsh language or words. Hence one should not use them to hurt others, even if they are true. Dasvaikalik 7-11
And yet the historian is obliged to choose: The use of language forbids him to be neutral. Carr, "What is History?"
Questions of science, science and progress, could not speak as loud as my heart. Cold Play, "Scientist"
...IF YOU CAN DREAM - AND NOT MAKE DREAMS YOUR MASTER;
IF YOU CAN THINK - AND NOT MAKE THOUGHTS YOUR AIM; IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER AND TREAT THOSE TWO IMPOSTERS JUST THE SAME;... YOURS IS THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT AND WHICH IS MORE YOU'LL BE A MAN, MY SON! Rudyard Kipling, "I"
A drop of dew remains suspended on the tip of a blade of grass just for a moment. Human life is just like that. Therefore, O Gautam! Do not be careless even for a moment. Uttaradhyayan 10-2
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PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE SOUL VERY MUCH ANYMORE. IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO WRITE A RÉSUMÉ THAN TO CRAFT A SPIRIT. BUT A RÉSUMÉ IS A COLD COMFORT ON A WINTER NIGHT, OR WHEN YOU'RE SAD, OR BROKE, OR LONELY, OR WHEN YOU'VE GOT BACK THE TEST RESULTS AND THEY'RE NOT SO GOOD. Anna Quindlen
Life is filled with terrible misfortune, most of which never happens. Michel de Montaigne
Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man whom you have seen and ask yourself if the next step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Mahatma Gandhi
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
The language used with the intention of anger, ego, deceit, greed, attachment, hatred, jest, fear, imagination and violence is regarded as untrue language. Prashna Vyakran
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action...
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. "Mind Without Fear" Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore
Fellow citizens...
...today our freedom came under attack in a series of deadly terrorist acts...
our military is powerful, and it's prepared. We will make no distinction between terrorists and those who harbor them...
...we stand together to win the war against terrorism....
...none of us will ever forget these attacks, this day of tragedy.
God bless America.
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That's a wrap
Finally.
Let me come touch
up your blush, Mr. President!
You don't think a darker blue tie would Good job with the have looked better? teleprompter this time Mr. President
SPEECH TO THE NATION Oval Office, Washington DC, September 11, 2001
Brothers and sisters of America...
...religion teaches the world both tolerance and universal acceptance..
..but violence fills the earth, drenches it with human blood, sends whole nations to despair...
we can together end all persecutions by the sword...
...I hope we never forget this convention, this day of joy..
God bless America.
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WELCOME ADDRESS World's Parliament of Religions Chicago, September 11, 1893
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