Vichar Bhavan

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. 

 

— Theodore Roosevelt —

” Ideal is THE beacon.

Without ideal, there is no secure direction,

without direction, there is no life. “

 

— Leo Tolstoy —

 

 

(also world’s most amazing beard) 😀

” We’ve got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.”

— Michelle Obama —

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so ertain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

— Bertrand Russell —

The ebb and flow of the ponds and streams

leaves a man silent with his dreams.

As the willows crackle up above

so too does he become filled with love.

As nature all around fills his soul

a pensive man’s dreams slowly become his goals.

The ebb and flow of the ponds and streams

allow one to realize he lives well above his means.

— R. —