Life is Political

Life is political – there is no getting away from it!

- David Gurteen

In the end, to hate "politics" is to eschew most forms of achievement. There is nothing wrong with leading the unpolitical life of the hermit. Just don't be surprised when you fail to be in the Forbes magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, merit a footnote in the history books, or have many people at your funeral.

- Tom Peters, in 'The Independent'

Be Childish to Understand

Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.

- Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Maybe having too much knowledge and information also fogs an adult's mind. अनुभव और ज्ञान का लबादा हमारे चक्षुओं को ढाँप लेता है। (RKP)

People Don't Like to Offend Others

I'd like to believe that a very small percentage of people consciously target others.....more often than not, they are acting to help themselves.

- Nirmala Palaniappan's comment on Facebook

Truth is Like a Butterfly

Truth is like a butterfly. Colourful. Fascinating. Fleeting. And there are many fluttering in the garden. 

You can focus and chase one all the way but still make space for appreciating a few different others on the journey. You can simply watch all of them enchanted by the apparent diversity. You can pick up a magnifying glass to study one and dive deep into it without letting it blind you to everything else......

- Nirmala Palaniappan on Facebook

Principles of Success

A man of principles must always be principled. Mostly it’s a curse, and such people are ignored if they choose to be silent and targetted if they are vocal. Some, and a very rare few, achieve greatness and show the world a new way and hope.

A man without principles, but who is clear about what he wants, often achieves it, and if he can mask his lack of principles, exercises power and influence over people, and is often very successful.

A man who vacillates between principles and convenience survives in this world, and if he is silent then is called flexible and practical. If such a man is very vocal, then he is labelled an opportunist and is rightly mocked!

Such are the rules of the game we call life.... And has been so for perhaps all of history!

- Ramaswamy Balakrishnan on Facebook