In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana.
To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.
I never change, I simply become more myself.
Novels usually evolve out of 'character. ' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn’t those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?
I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared!