Potpourri

Hi,

As we come to the end of the series of borrowed wisdom (I intend sharing my life's experiences in the coming weeks), here is a collection of phrases that again helped molding my life:

"Every time we come in a comfort zone, we will find a way to get out, because being comfortable in our busienss is very, very dangerous". - Business philosophy of Cirque du Soleil

"You have set sail on another ocean without star or compass
going where the argument leads shattering the certainties of centuries" - Janet Kalven

"Learn not to be careful" - Diane Arbus

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates

This one (the one under), is my all-time favorite. It left me positively aghast and I ended up carrying it with me as a card in my purse:

"This is the true joy of life, the being used for a purpose recognized by YOURSELF as a mighty one, the being a force fo nature, instaead of a selfish, feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and it is my previlege to do for it whatever I can. I want to thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is not a brief candle to me, it is sort of a splendid torch which I have got to hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before hadning it on to future generations" - G.B.Shaw

More later,

Vijay