QUOTES –THE NEED NOW –II

 QUOTES –THE NEED NOW –II

Having said something about ‘suicide’, it is a logical corollary to evaluate issues pertaining to human life. Despite one’s age /experience, there is a tendency to ignore certain critical features that determine our ability to ‘face’ life. Several predecessors to us have offered a variety of statements that fit nearly ‘life situations’ no matter in which era  we are. So, these are ‘abiding’ truths that have been time-tested and fructified as statements; several of them are brilliantly crafted, looking simple but carrying a complex idea. Therefore, “Quotes” and proverbs are wealth inherited by all humans independent of nationality, religion, region, caste, language and even era that they[quotes] sustain immaculate purity of sincere suggestion –free of cost.

Using to them figure out predicaments is perhaps the wisest step to tide over mental blocks/ inhibitions in our attempts to surmount hurdles in day-to-day life. Again these are presented with in ‘quote’ marks and my little understanding of them is presented as a subsequent statement.

‘Remember failure is an event and not a person’. Zig Zagler

Failures are to be understood for their errors in approach and not to be  ascribed to persons.

‘If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.’ Milton Berle

Suggests that we make right conditions for opportunity to emerge or put the right pieces together.

‘We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are’- Anais Nin

Our perceptions are not free of bias, is the suggestion to explain our failure to understand.

‘If you wait, all that you get is older’-Larry Mc Murtry

Please do not wait hoping for better times; you may end up fatigued without any positive happening.

‘How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives’ - Annie Dillard 

The fruits of one’s life are products of planned living.      

‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm-‘ Winston Churchill .

Failures are not ends in themselves as Success can be achieved.

‘The past has no power over the present moment’- Ekhart Tolle 

Old glories cannot make the present any better.

‘It is better to learn than to know- Dr. Suess

Knowing is peripheral, learning is deep and co-ordinated.

‘There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you’-Maya Angelou

Anything shared is more joyous than being held within.

‘Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new’- Albert Einstein

Mistakes do occur with most attempts.

Several quotes presented merely suggest that reality has to be accepted with humility and imaginary assertions lead us nowhere.            Prof. K. Raman