Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
(What a profound statement when the whole world was seeing Earth as center of the Universe)
Confidence born out of Conviction! :clap2:
Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
(What a profound statement when the whole world was seeing Earth as center of the Universe)
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
For I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them. I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavor to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. Yet I hold that completely erroneous views should be shunned. Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heaven as its center would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves
Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543)
The biggest disease of a person's mind is over-thinking, especially thinking too much on unrelated topics.
Too much thinking tantamounts to eating excess resulting in indigestion. Sometimes, heaviness makes it
uncomfortable.
Balasubramanian
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)
It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)
(How true, but for a few Bills Gates or Azim Premzi we can hardly count the philanthropists among the billionaires)
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)
If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)
(similar to river water which is within an embankment)
The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(1895 - 1982)