ಕನ್ನಡ, ನುಡಿಮುತ್ತು, ಮತ್ತು ಸುಭಾಷಿತ,

As a subject for the remarks of the evening, the perpetuation of our political institutions, is selected. In the great journal of things happening under the sun, we, the American People, find our account running, under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era.--We find ourselves in the peaceful possession, of the fairest portion of the earth, as regards extent of territory, fertility of soil, and salubrity of climate. We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us. We, when mounting the stage of existence, found ourselves the legal inheritors of these fundamental blessings. We toiled not in the acquirement or establishment of them--they are a legacy bequeathed us, by a once hardy, brave, and patriotic, but now lamented and departed race of ancestors. Their's was the task (and nobly they performed it) to possess th...

(This speech was delivered by John F Kennedy at his inauguration in Washington on January 20 1961) Vice-president Johnson, Mr Speaker, Mr Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice-president Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom - symbolising an end, as well as a beginning - signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from ...

* Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. * The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. * An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. * The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. * Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. * Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. * To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. * We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never l...

Albert Einstein, i) " I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research." ii)   "Imagination is more important than knowledge."  iii) "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" iv) "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." v) "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made." vi) "People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion" vii) "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." -  viii) "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposi...

(This speech was delivered to the Constituent Assembly of India in New Delhi on August 14 1947) Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity. At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of...

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far." "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." "All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything." "All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark." "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself." "Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak." "If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not,...

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase. Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. - More quotations on: [Laws] If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Mic...

Max Mueller "If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India." "There is no book in the world that is so thrilling, stirring and inspiring as the Upanishads." ('Sacred Books of the East')