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"Life is like that!"

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Here is another one from the horse:

“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.”

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Ref: The Great Thoughts, New York: Ballantine Books, 1996, p. 134.
 
Points to Ponder:-

1. Man can imagine God only modeled on his own self
( may be with some extra powers / limbs / heads!)
The reason is his own lack of imagination.

2. A Deist believes in the existence of a God
(even if he refuses to believe in the revelation).

3. A Theist also believes in a God
( but consents to believe in revelation).

4. So a Deist is NOT opposed to a Theist
in the same way an Atheist is opposed to a Theist.

5. If a person says,

"Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.”

then why does he speak about the FEEBLE SOULS
since he does NOT believe in SOULS?

6. Isn't that contradicting oneself in the same sentence,
so to say "the oxymoron of the past millennium?"

7. If people want to tell lies, who am I to stop them?

8. How am I to stop him, when that man is dead and gone?

9. My source of information is equally authentic.
The quotation given by me can be seen in the
Collins Gem Dictionary of Quotations.
(page number 180)
Collins London and Glasgow.

10. I am not here to decide who is a Deist, a Theist or an Atheist!

11. Nor am I here to decide who is a liar and who is not.

12. The discussion about the existence of god is already raging in another thread. I do not want to bring that topic in my thread (which just discusses the day to day life and the human idiosyncrasies in general.)

13. People who are determined to see to the end of this discussion may please transfer this topic to that thread and carry on relentlessly.

Good Luck to all the participants and Good bye from this thread.

 
Strength and Weakness.

During the two decades I spent in our township in Vizag, I had the good fortune of rubbing shoulders with many illustrious ladies there.

One of them was a popular novelist - who had several novels to her credit. Yet I have not met a simpler and humbler lady than her to this day! She had absolutely no airs and was the most unassuming person known to me.

The other lady had multiple PhD degrees. She came from an illustrious family and was well known in many fields in her own right and by her talents.

She gave me the motto of my life.

வம்புச் சண்டைக்குப் போகக் கூடாது!
வந்த சண்டையை விடவும் கூடாது!

The First rule is correct - since as REAL Happy Ladies, we should avoid unwanted confrontations.

The Second rule is correct too. Evading an issue may be equated to our weakness/ ignorance or lack of conviction.

To this day I try to follow them!

One of my hard-earned-nick-names was "The No Nonsense Lady!"

I am sure I should strive to live up to my name.

Don't you agree with me?
 
It pays to register your surprise and protest very gently but quite unmistakably!

My father had related this interesting conversation- a real eye-opener!.

A man who owned a spectacle shop was training his young son in his business. He told his son,

"When asked the price of a pair of spectacles you say that it is 500 Rs. If the person remains silent, you tell him that each of the lenses cost 500 rupees. If he remains silent still, you tell him that the price of the frame is an additional 500 rupees."

So when you are shocked at the hiked price of an article it pays (or rather saves money ) to register your sincere emotions!
 
My father never believed that the made-up face of a woman was more beautiful than her natural face.

He would often say that the ideal way of 'viewing the girl' a person is planning to marry is this:-

Select a Friday and go to the house of the girl unannounced. The 'nija roopa dharshan' can happen only then and there.

She would have had her oil bath and her hair will be unkempt. She would have removed all the glittering jewelery before the bath. She would be devoid of any kind make up.

If IN SPITE OF all these factors, the girl looks agreeable, then the boy may proceed further.

The reason...?

This will be the face he will be looking at for the rest of his life!

 
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Quotes by George Eliot.(Mary Anne Evans)

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home :couch2:
and still stronger reasons for the bachelors to go out. :bolt:


"Tis God gives skill,

But not without men's hands; He could not make
Antonio Stradivari's violins :violin:

Without Antonio. Get thee to they easel. :thumb:
 
Newton's third law of motion!

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The reaction (Justice in this case)
might have been delayed
but thank God it was not denied!

:ballchain: + :whip: + :argue: => :brick:
 
"ஆடிப்பட்டம் தேடி விதை!" என்பார்கள்.

(ஆடிப் பட்டத்தில் களை எடுக்கப்பட்டது!)

"ஆடிக் காற்றில் அம்மியும் பறக்கும்" என்பார்கள்!

("ஆடிக் காற்றில் அம்மி பறந்து விட்டது" உண்மை!)
 
Quotes by T.S.Eliot.

In a room the women come and go :roll:
Talking of Michelangelo.:music:

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window panes.

Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons :flame:
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. :ranger:
 
கதை, திரைக்கதை, வசனம், பாடல்கள்,
direction and music direction ,

எடிட்டிங் என்று எல்லாம் தானே செய்பவர்
ஒருவர் உள்ளார் தமிழ்த் திரை உலகில்.

சொன்னதை எல்லாம் சொல்லிவிட்டேன்!
சொல்லாமல் அவர்கள் விட்டது இது தான்!

படம் எடுப்பதும்......நாங்களே!
அதைப் பார்ப்பதும்.... நாங்களே!
 
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Aegean stables and Hercules.

When it comes to cleansing a Forum, a useful analogy is that of the Aegean Stables.

The story goes that one of Hercules’ tasks was to clean the Aegean Stables.

These housed a very large number of horses that continually produced great mounds of excrement.

He tried again and again with superhuman strength to clean them, but there were too many horses producing too much excrement too fast for him.

As soon as he had cleaned one area, the other areas were full of manure, and so he despaired.

However, when he diverted a great river through the stables, this was able to wash the whole of the stables clean at once, and his task was accomplished.

While the sensations that make up our reality are still misunderstood, we can feel a bit like Hercules before he diverted the river.

Having diverted the river, Hercules should never think about retracing his decision/ step taken by him to complete the so called Herculean task!.

 
Quotes by T.S.Eliot.

Every son would have his motor-cycle,
And daughters ride away on casual pillions. :pout:

Many are engaged in writing books

and printing them :typing:

Many desire to see their names in print,:love:

Many read nothing but the race reports.:couch2:

 
த்ரி வக்ரா.



அஷ்ட வக்ரன் கதையை அறிவோம்;
அஷ்ட வக்ரமும், அறிவுக்கு அல்லவே!

த்ரிவக்ரா கூனியும் பெற்றிருந்தாள்,
த்ரிவக்ரம் உடலில், மனதில்அல்ல!

வில் யாகத்துக்கு வந்த அழைப்பை,
விழைந்து ஏற்ற கண்ணன், பலராமன்,

மதுரா நகரிலே, ராஜ வீதியிலே,
மதர்ப்புடன் நடந்து சென்றனர்.

தாமரைக் கண்ணியும், அழகியுமான
கூனி ஒருத்தி, எதிரே வந்தாள்.

சந்தனம் சேர்ப்பதில் திறமைசாலி!
‘சந்தனம் பூசுவீர்’, என்று அளித்தாள்.

சந்தனம் பூசி மகிழ்ந்த கண்ணன்,
மந்திரமின்றி, மாயம் செய்தான்.

உள்ளத்தில் கொள்ளை அழகும்,
உடலில் கூனலும் பெற்ற அவளை,

உலகம் மூன்றும் கண்டு மயங்கும்,
உலக அழகியாக ஆக்க முனைந்தான்.

தன் இரு கால்களால், அவளது
தளிர்ப் பாதங்களை மிதித்து,

தன் இரு விரல்களால், அவள்
தாடையைப் பற்றி உயர்த்தவே,

மூன்று கூனல்களும் மறைந்து,
மூன்றுலக அழகி ஆனாள், அவள்.

கண்ணனின் தரிசனமே போதும்,
மண்ணில் நாம் கடைத்தேறவே.

கண்ணன் அருளும், ஸ்பரிசமும்,
என்ன மாயம் செய்ய இயலாது?

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.
 
THRI VAKRA

Names like the Asta vakra and Thri vakra, denote the deformity in the person’s body and not in the mind, intellect or greatness!

Kamsan had invited Krishna and Balram for the Dhanur Yagam in the city of Mathura.The two divine brothers were given a tear filled farewell by the Gokulavaasis.

They reached Mathura and were walking majestically in the streets of the City. A beautiful woman but with three distortions in her body, crossed their path.

Her name was Thri Vakra. She was an expert in preparing sandal paste and used to supply to Kamsan everyday.

She offered the brothers the sandal paste she had prepared. Krishna and Balram felt kindly disposed to that pretty but deformed lady. Krishna decided to straighten the three distortions in her body.

He pressed down her feet with his own feet and lifted her face with his two fingers placed under her chin.

Lo and behold! Her distortions straightened and she became the most beautiful damsel in all the three worlds!

A mere dharshan of Krishna is enough to make miracles happen! If his sparsam or touch is also added to his grace what miracle would be impossible in the world?
 
"செத்தும் கொடுத்தான்!" வள்ளல் சீதக்காதி!
அத்தனை பேரும் அறிவார் இக்கதையை.

செத்தும் கெடுத்தவன் ஒருவன் கதையை
மெத்தப் படித்த குரு எங்களுக்குக் கூறினார்!

ஒரே ஒரு கிராமம், அதில் ஒரு ஜமீந்தார்!
ஒரு மாதிரிப் புரிந்திருக்கும் உங்களுக்கும்!

கேட்க ஆள் இல்லாததால், எல்லோருக்கும்
வேட்கைப் படித் தொல்லைகள் செய்தாராம்.

இறக்கும் தருவாயில் அனைவரையும் அழைத்துச்
சிறந்த மழை போலக் கண்ணீர் பொழிந்தாராம்.

"என் வாழ்நாட்களில் நான் செய்த பாவங்களுக்கு,
என்னை யாராலுமே மன்னிக்க முடியாது அறிவேன்!

நான் இறந்த பிறகு என் உடலுக்குச் செருப்புமாலை
ஒன்று அணிவித்துத் துடைப்பத்தால் அடியுங்கள்!"

"மாட்டோம்! மாட்டோம்!" என்று மறுத்தவர்களிடம்
மன்றாடினார்! தன் ஆத்ம சாந்தியை வேண்டினார்!

வேறு வழியில்லாமல் அவர்கள் ஒத்துக் கொண்டனர்.
மறு நாள் உடலுக்குச் செருப்பு மாலை அணிவித்தனர்.

துடைப்பத்தால் அடித்துக் கொண்டு செல்லும் போது....
அடுத்து வந்து நின்றன நிறைய போலீஸ் ஜீப்புகள்!

அனைவரையும் கைது செய்து சிறையில் அடைத்தனர்!
அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை கிடைக்கக் காரணம்.....???

இறக்கும் முன் போலீசுக்கு எழுதியிருந்தார் ஒரு கடிதம்!
"இறந்த என் உடலை அவமதிக்கப் போகின்றார்கள்" என!
 
வீட்டுக்குள் ஊசியைத் தொலைத்துவிட்டு
வீதியில் தெருவிளக்கு ஒளியில் தேடினான்!

"அங்கே தொலைத்து விட்டு
இங்கே தேடுகின்றாயே!" என்றால்

"இங்கே தானே நல்ல வெளிச்சம்
இருக்கின்றது!" என்று சொன்னானாம்! :flame:

யாரிடமோ உதை வாங்கிக் கொண்டு வந்தவன்
பிள்ளையார் கோவில் ஆண்டியை அடித்தானாம்!

"ஏனடா இப்படிச் செய்கின்றாய்?" என்றால்
"என்னைத் திருப்பி அடிக்க மாட்டான் இவன்!

ஊருக்கு இளைத்தவன் இவன் தானே!"என்று
உரிமைக் குரல் கொடுத்தானாம். :doh:

 
அரண்டவன் கண்ணுக்கு

இருண்டதெல்லாம் பேய்!

அன்பில்லாத நெஞ்சுக்குச்

செய்வதெல்லாம் தவறு!
 
Quotes by Thomas Stearns Eliot.

No artist produces greater art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality. :whoo:

Those to whom nothing has ever happened
Cannot understand the
unimportance of events. :becky:
Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season.:flame:
 
Ever wondered how reason :nerd:
Becomes a hideous treason :fencing:

In the unpleasant season :pout:

When anger is our passion :mmph:

And manners are in ration

Or fully go out of fashion!
 
From sri Ramakrishna's parables:

A blind man was carrying a lantern on a dark night. A man coming from the
opposite direction asked him ; you cant see, but why are you carrying a lantern ?

Oh, It is for others to see that I am walking and give me way.
 
A blind man without the 'power of vision'
could have 'vision of the practical problem'
better than those who roam around with
'the power of vision' but lack 'real vision!'
 
Ashtavakra gita is close to the upanishads and does not accept a personal
god like BG. There is also a view that it reflects the Buddhists' concept of
shunya-vada or Non-existence.

In one place, it says - To the wise-one , who is unperturbed and fearless,
where is darkenss ? where is light ? where is loss ? There is nothing
whatsoever. There is no heaven, no hell, not even a state of liberation.
( To the realised one, nothing exists except the infinite sachidananda - the
Self.)

King janaka ,to whom Ashtavakra preaches this gita, exclaims -in one way, nothing belongs to me, and in another way, everything is mine only

If this wisdom dawns on us, we all will be better off.
 
What we call as "Progress" is :high5:
the exchange of one nuisance for anther nuisance. :doh:

God is an unutterable Sigh in the Human Heart
said an old German mystic. :angel:

And therewith said the last word.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. :confused:

Quotes by Henry Havelock Ellis.
 
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Hai
Your quotes are very good keep updating such quotes
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Visalakshi Ramani said:
Today's special!

To think that i could have earned the ***** long ago,

if I had started this thread instead of cherishing some one's thread...

with all the lovely quotations, observations and sayings...:nono:

Well! Life is like that (Sigh!) :drama:
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