Sundry Sayings to Muse On

·       Don’t give in charity only things you don’t want.

·       Giving from out of one’s material wealth is only one form of charity and not always the most appropriate or important form.

·       Give gracefully, receive gratefully.

·       Short, inspiring sayings are encapsulated wisdom. In a line or two, they can convey what may sometimes be said in a page or two.

·       Some may believe the purpose of our being on Earth is to have as much fun as we can, but believing thus won’t make it to be actually so.

·       Inherited wealth can sometimes be a bane, not a boon.

·       Just a little thoughtfulness, a little awareness, and one can do many good things for others.

·       Relating with others is a fine art, training for which should begin in infancy, at home, and then in school.

·       If you find yourself compulsively overeating, maybe the cure is to find something more meaningful to do, a different purpose to live for. The same holds true for any other unwholesome habit.

·       Aim high, not simply to scrape through.

·       Humility doesn’t mean not to have great hopes and dreams. That is laziness or stupidity, and to be lazy or stupid is not being humble.

·       In school, they taught us various subjects but not how to live, the art and science of living.

·       Schools should focus not simply on how much students know but also on the sort of person they are becoming—i.e., on knowing and on being.

·       We need not only teachers of various disciplines but also mentors for living.

·       Live for yourself, yes, and also for beyond yourself.

·       A person with a deep inferiority complex might habitually seek to put others down so that at least in their own eyes they can appear superior to somebody and thus feel better about themselves.

·       When a simpler solution exists, don’t seek a more complicated one.

·       We can grievously harm our body and our mind if we rely on gadgets to do even basic things we can do by ourselves.

·       There’s no need to be constantly busy. Sometimes, we should just sit back in silence and observe.

·       Every now and then, if not whenever you get the chance, take your child to listen to, or, better still, meet, people who are doing good things with their life and making a mark in different worthy fields. Children need to be exposed to good role-models.

·       Not every good deed you can do is meant for you to do. It may be meant for someone else.

·       Sheer laziness is sometimes the principal cause of a drab, uninspiring life.

·       Do all the good you can but don’t keep an account of all the good you do.

·        If we get accustomed to people doing things for us, we might become unable to do things for ourselves.

·       The less conscious we are of ourselves, the freer and closer we can be with others.