Book Title: Pratap Bhogilal Journey Through Life
Author(s): Rauf Ahmed
Publisher: Bhupendra Singh Anand

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________________ GLIMPSES OF MY INSPIRATION | 165 The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people - Jon Wynne Tyson Despair devours man - Mahatma Gandhi Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy - Anne Frank The measure of man is what he does with power – Pittacus of Mytilene Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed - Mahatma Gandhi Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties - John Milton Violence is the weapon of the weak; non-violence that of the strong - Mahatma Gandhi The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature and poetry and all that is spiritual - John Muir It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business - Gertrude Stein Those who create wealth should be shown the greatest respect - Manmohan Singh It is through woman that order is maintained. Then why call her inferior from whom all great ones are born - Guru Nanak Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice - Arcesilaus Opportunity comes but does not linger - Nepali Proverb As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion overriding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side-Mahatma Gandhi Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned - Milton Friedman Having a little inflation is like being a little pregnant - Dian Cohen Free trade is not based on utility but on justice - Edmund Burke The foundation of a clever country is its education system - Robert James Lee Hawke Ability may get you to the top; but it takes character to keep you there. - Stevie Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. - Ruth Ann Schabacjker We can have facts without thinking, but we cannot have thinking without facts. - John Dewey Trust, but verify. Don't be afraid to see what you see. - Ronald Regan To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. - Yann Martel Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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