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January 12 - February 6, 2019
The world errs, even realises the errors, but seldom learns from them.
wisdom often comes from the pain suffered by oneself.
cruelty and bravery were twins.
‘Everyone gets to know things in their own good time. After all, trees do not grow leaf, flower and fruit all together.’
man is dedicated to prowess.
‘Prince, life is such. It is sweet and beautiful but no one knows how and when it will be infected.’ He paused in deep thought and recited a verse which said, ‘In life, it is the sweet fruit that is most likely to be infested.’
But it is only when a thing is lost that we value it.
never transgress the decencies of life.
She must have been crying outside. That is why like the earth after a shower she looked even more beautiful.
Sunrise and sunset, summer and winter, light and shade, day and night, woman and man, pleasure and pain, body and soul and life and death are all inseparable pairs.
But does man live by philosophy? No, he lives in hope, dreams, affection, glory and heroism.
In life there is no pain greater than disappointment.
‘Some things, which are terrifying from a distance, are not in fact quite so frightful. Death is the same.
Love bestows the quality of being able to look beyond oneself. When it is altruistic, dispassionate and humble it becomes the first step to progress.’
Love is a lofty sentiment in life but duty is even higher.
‘To retain this tender hand in mine for all time, I could make a hundred promises!’
‘Enough. Too much is bad for one.’
‘Do not throw yourself down the precipice. King, remember one thing, it is not possible to remain friends with women for all time, because their hearts are like those of wolves.’
They turn their backs on men who chase them and they chase men who turn their backs on them.
tears are the sign of a weak mind.
‘The Creator must be troubled these days because he cannot make anything more beautiful than you.’
The man whose soul is prey to selfishness, desire and enjoyment is forever a slave in this world.
Life and death. What a cruel game it is! Is man born only to take part in that game? What does he live for? Why does he die?
‘Good and evil are imaginary concepts put out by clever men and fools. In this world, only happiness and misery are real. Everything else is delusion. Good and bad are appearances ... the play of the mind.
youth is not completely a blessing, it also carries a curse.
Desire — desire in any form — is it man’s fault? No; desire is the very basis of life.
The joy of dying for someone else is a hundred times greater than the joy of living for oneself.
