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GLIMPSES OF MY INSPIRATION | 163
Simple living and high thinking - My father
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side - Rig Veda 1-89-1
Greed is the root cause of sin - My grandfather
He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best
Eat less and have patience - My grandfather
Eat like a nobleman, work like a donkey - My grandfather
Do your duty; do not expect any fruits - Gita
Do not desire and you won't be frustrated
Forgiveness is the décor of the brave
Keep brightness in the house and darkness outside. Do not show off - My grandfather
Friendliness with all, enmity with none - Pujya Chitrabhanuji
Look at one's own failings and not of others - Pujya Chitrabhanuji
Applaud the virtuous - Pujya Chitrabhanuji
If a person has lost his way, stop to show him the way. If the person ignores it, always keep calm und cool - Pujya Chitrabhanuji
Seeing people suffering from misery, let your heart bleed and let your eyes be filled with tears with compassion - Pujya Chitrabhanuji
Compassion is a great virtue
Keep your valuables in safe custody, lest you tempt somebody and create suspicion - My father
Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct - Adam Smith
I am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself - Jose Ortega y Gasset
Credit Card: A way of saying buy-buy to your money - Jug Suraiya
Economic rationale and political compulsions do not go hand in hand - Jagdish Shettigar
The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it - Terry Waite
The Lord will provide, but you must give Him some help - Hugh Casson
From woman is man born, inside her he is conceived... From woman originate new generations... Why revile her of whom are born great ones of the earth? - Adi Granth
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything - Arabian, Proverb
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