There is a wonder in the moment, if we but look for it, let it touch us, believe in it. and with the recognition and celebration of the wonder, comes the joy we desire and await. Being wholly in tune with the present moment is how we'll come to know the spiritual essence that connects all of life. We search for peace, happiness and contentment outside of ourselves. We need instead to discover it within us, now and always, in whatever we are experiencing. We can let our experiences wash over us. Longing for a different time, a distant place, a new situation breeds discontent. It prevents us from the thrill, the gifts offered in this present moment. But they are there.
Classic Quotes by James Madison (1751-1836) U.S. President
(Dedicated to the Pakistani Parliament - Lower House,
which is being sworned today-17 March, 2008 at Islamabad)
**A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. **
**A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. **
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
**Democracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. **
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, *******ized form of illegitimate government.
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
Such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
.....are playmates, companions, and equal partners, as well as intimate and
sharing lovers and confidants. They allow each other to be themselves
within their own persona and uniqueness, and happily accept the other's
good qualities and attributes. They display patience and understanding
in the not-so-good qualities and innate character flaws, and allow the
other to be less than "perfect."
** As friends and lovers, they encourage each other's individual growth,
and are available for help and advice when needed. At the same time,
they each sustain their own individual growth and feel free to ask for
help and advice when needed from the other. If two people together can
work on their individual growth,
the growth between them can only become deeper. *
* They desire a mutual growth in the entity of "two becoming one"
to nourish and maintain a unified and intimate bonding. Sensitivity, compassion, and a supportive nature are valuable assets to
a lasting love. Special lovers offer support when needed, but also allow
the other to experience the lessons they need to learn on their
individual travels through life. Only through these lessons can they
each become healthy and whole. They realize they cannot change at the
will of another, but they can change for the improvement of themselves.
** This self-improvement can only lead to a deeper realization of a
compatible and parallel relationship between them. Fidelity and faithfulness are a "given" between friends and lovers. The
sharing of two souls and two bodies are essential elements in the
mystery of "love." To reach the ultimate highs and peaks of a very
special love, this type of sharing can only be with each other.
** Loving oneself has to come first before love for another can begin. It
is only through self-love that a healthy relationship can survive. Two
people cannot love each other at the expense of themselves, nor can they sacrifice or lose their identity and individualism for the other. If
they did, their love would not prevail. They can, however, compromise
and rearrange their lives to allow the other to become an intricate part
of their life.
** A satisfying love needs to be fed and nurtured. Like a beautiful garden,
love needs healthy nourishment, for without it, it will surely fade and
die. The love they share will be an unconditional love. They will love
the other for the person they are, and not the person they want them to
be. And they will always remember each other as the person with whom
they fell in love. Money and things will never be objects of their love,
for these material things have no substance. Material things come and
go, but the love between two souls will last an eternity.
** As lovers, they will carry the other within their hearts each day. A
smile, a word, or a soft touch will be gentle memories that can be
recalled whenever they are apart. Thoughts of their last moment
together, whether it is a kiss, or the sweet melting of their bodies
together, can nourish their time apart and hasten the need to return to
each other's arms.
** We all came into this world to discover who we are, and to pursue our
created purpose. The one with whom we choose to share an intimate and
sharing love is a very important element in gaining that knowledge. There is a special someone out there who is waiting for each of us and
wanting the same. If we have prepared ourselves for the desires of our
heart, and are patient in our endeavors, one day our paths will cross,
and when this happens, we will recognize and know each other, for it is
then that our souls will touch .
*Classic Quotes by Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) American President *
**A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. ** **--------------- ** **After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth. ** **--------------- ** **He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor. ** **--------------- ** **Honor lies in honest toil. ** **--------------- ** **I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor. ** **--------------- ** **It is a condition which confronts us - not a theory. ** **--------------- ** **Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again. ** **--------------- ** **No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law. ** **--------------- ** **Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. ** **--------------- ** **Party honesty is party expediency. ** **--------------- ** **Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. ** **--------------- ** **The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard. **
*Classic Quotes by Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), *
*American playwright and diplomat *
**A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. ** **--------------- ** **A woman's best protection is a little money of her own. ** **--------------- ** **Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor. ** **--------------- ** **Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes"; They will say, "Women don't have what it takes"; ** **--------------- ** **But if God had wanted us to think just with our hands, why did He give us a brain? ** **--------------- ** **Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there. ** **--------------- ** **Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff. ** **--------------- ** **Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ** **--------------- ** **I'm in my anecdotage. ** **--------------- ** In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.
Classic Quotes by William Morris (1834-1896) English poet, artist, craftsman, designer, social reformer, and printer
**A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. ** **--------------- ** **I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. ** **--------------- ** **If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. ** **--------------- ** **Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; And they live and they die, and the earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide. ** **--------------- ** **So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die. ** **--------------- ** **With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on. **
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*Classic Quotes by Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) American electrical engineer and physicist *
**A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is over defined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life. ** **--------------- ** **Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation. ** **--------------- ** **If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability. ** **--------------- ** **Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. ** **--------------- ** The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.
TEAM WORK:
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***A little mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. The mouse was intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap. The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone "there is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."* The chicken raised his head and said "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you, but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be bothered with it. "The mouse turned to the pig "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but the trap is no concern of mine either." The mouse then turned to the bull, "sounds like you have a problem Mr. Mouse, but not one that concerns me." The mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected that no one would help him or was concerned about his dilemma. He knew he had to face the trap on his own. That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the house. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a venomous snake who's tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmers wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. The farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard to get the soups main ingredient. The wife got sicker and friends and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. The farmer knew he had to feed them, so he butchered the pig. The farmer wife did not get better, in fact she died and so many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed all of them.
So the next time we hear that one of our teammates is facing a problem and think it does not concern or affect us, let us remember that when anyone of us is in trouble, we are all at risk.
*Classic Quotes by Marcel Marceau (1923- ) French mime *
**Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words? ** **--------------- ** **I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish. ** **--------------- ** **In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people. ** **--------------- ** **It's good to shut up sometimes. ** **--------------- ** **Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. ** **--------------- ** **Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. ** **--------------- ** **Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. ** **--------------- ** **To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man. ** **--------------- ** **What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. **
Classic Quotes by John Tyler (1790-1862) American president
**Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ** **--------------- ** **Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race. ** **--------------- ** **If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course. ** **--------------- ** **Let it, then, be henceforth proclaimed to the world, that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God. ** **--------------- ** **In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life. (Explaining why he would not run for reelection.) ** [HOW I wish that some politicians in PAKISTAN would also say this!] **--------------- **
***Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.
*Classic Quotes by Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) American movie actress *
**Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it. ** **--------------- ** **I am big. It's the pictures that got small. ** **--------------- ** **I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. ** **--------------- ** **All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. ** **--------------- ** **When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life. **
Classic Quotes by Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) American educator
**Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. ** **--------------- ** **Character is power. ** **--------------- ** **Character, not circumstances, makes the man. ** **--------------- ** **Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ** **--------------- ** **I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. ** **--------------- ** **I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him. ** **--------------- ** **I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. ** **--------------- ** **No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward. ** **--------------- ** **Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. **
Classic Quotes by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet
**A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. ** **--------------- ** **A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual all-in-all! ** **--------------- ** **But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. ** **--------------- ** **Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. ** **--------------- ** **Faith is a passionate intuition. ** **--------------- ** **Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ** **--------------- ** **For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good. ** **--------------- ** **For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity. ** **--------------- ** **Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-calculated less or more. ** **--------------- ** **Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. **
