Pearls of Wisdom

By Mamutty Chola

The book — Pearls of wisdom presents a historical and panoramic view of human civilization. It is a compilation of quotes /sayings of prophets, philosophers, thinkers, poets, emperors, politicians and business tycoons; on various aspects of human lives; be it religions, ethics, morals, business, principles of governance, evolution of science and technology, besides quotes on Nature, Earth, Soul, Love, Beauty, Human Minds, Human Hearts, and Eyes. There are quotes about the qualities of animals; like Dog, Horse, Lion and their influence on human lives. There are in all 26 sections chapters as reflected in the Index.

On perusal of these quotes following facts emerge:

1) The human race loves to live in peace. The religions, though was intended to achieve peace in society, have unfortunately been one of the main reasons for wars, crimes, destruction, and genocides because of the intolerance among the believers since faith is blind. Rationality had been and is the first casualty.

2) All the religions are the gifts of the East. The gifts of the west are communism and Atheism.

3) Things once considered as blasphemies have come to be accepted as truth. The example of Galileo Galilei is remarkable.

5)The governing principles have been evolutionary. There can never be a uniformed pattern of governance as peoples differ in their thinking and beliefs for that reasons there have been clashes of civilization down the ages.

6)The exploration of our solar systems is the result of endless and insatiable urge in man to unravel nature. The achievements of science and technology belong to the whole of humanity.

I have tried to present a snapshot profile of March of human civilization through the voices of the great minds ever walked on mother earth.

This compilation will serve as ready reckoner

Happy reading!!!

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Release date: Jul 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9789388930345

Mamutty Chola

Mamutty, Chola, Poet, in URDU AND ENGLISH, Writer, HR and Management Expert, WORKED AS General Manager HR with International airports Authority of India, IPCL, HFC and SR VP CORPORATE HR with Ispat group. In Consultancy since 2000.Did schooling at Port Blair, Graduation from Madras, LLBfrom Agra University PGPM FROM Bombay and ADVANCED MANNAGEMENT COURSE FROM Templeton Management Institute, OXFORD, UK. He is recipient of UDYOG RATAN AWARD from Institute of Economics Studies, New Delhi for his contributions in the field of HR

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RELIGION SECTION 1

QUOTES FROM THE HINDU

VEDIC SCRIPTURES

•Truth can not be suppressed and always is the ultimate victor.

-The Yajur Veda

Life and death, joy and sorrow, gain and loss; These dualities cannot be avoided. Learn to accept what you cannot change.

-The Ramayana(book 2)

"Do not be led by others,

awaken your own mind,

amass your own experience,

and decide for yourself your own path."

-The Atharva Veda

"One should, perform karma with nonchalance

without expecting the benefits because

sooner of later one shall definitely gets the fruits. "

-The Rig Veda

On this Earth do I stand,

Unvanquished, unslain, unhurt.

Set me, O Earth, amidst the nourishing strength

That emanates from thy body.

The Earth is my mother,

her child am I!

-The Atharva Veda

"Through all this world strode Vishnu:

thrice his foot he planted,

and the whole world was gathered in his footsteps.

Vishnu, the guardian,

he whom none deceiveth,

made three steps and established his laws."

-The Sama Veda (8:2:5

"One should strongly resent miserliness

and indulge in charity

because one can acquire the never-ending wealth

of immortality by doing so."

-The Rig Veda

"Strive to move away from untruth towards truth.

-the Atharva Veda

"An ignorant man is lost, faithless, and filled with self-doubt;

A soul that harbors doubt has no joy, not in this world or the next."

-Bhagavad-gita 4:40

"O Indra, destroy all

those lustful people

behaving like birds....

angry ones

behaving like wolves....

greedy ones

behaving like vultures....

enticed ones

behaving like owls.....

arrogant ones

behaivng like eagles

and the jealous ones

behaving like dogs."

- The Atharva Veda

"Hail, Water,

ye bring health and bliss:

ye help us to energy.

That we may look on great delight!

-The Sama Veda (9:2:10)

"One should performed karma for the benefit of humanity

with an unbiased approach because bias gives birth to evil,

which creates thousands of obstacles in our path. "

The Rig Veda

"O Agni, bring us radiant light to be our mighty aid,

for Thou art our visible deity!"

-the Sama Veda (1:1:1)

"One ruins the mind

if he or she indulges in bad deeds

and ends up in misery. "

The Rig Veda

The person who is always involved in good deeds experiences incessant divine happiness.

-The Rig Veda

QUOTES FROM BHAGWAD GITA

•We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another.

No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.

Reshape yourself through the power of your will…

It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma.

Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace.

When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.

Strive to still your thoughts. Make your mind one-pointed in meditation. The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.

When a person is devoted to something with complete faith, I unify his faith in that. Then, when his faith his completely unified, he gains the object of his devotion.

Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind.

As the heat of a fire reduces wood to ashes, the fire of knowledge burns to ashes all karma.

Free from anger and selfish desire, unified in mind, those who follow the path of yoga and realize the Self are established forever in that supreme state.

No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return.

It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says I did it.

One has to learn tolerance in the face of dualities such as happiness and distress, or cold and warmth, and by tolerating such dualities become free from anxieties regarding gain and loss.

Ignorance is the cause of sinful life, and sinful life is the cause of one’s dragging on in material existence.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action has understanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.

There are three gates to this self-destructive hell – lust, anger, and greed. Renounce these three.

The offering of wisdom is better than any material offering.

You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.

Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.

Actions do not cling to me because I’m not attached to their results. Those who understand this and practice it live in freedom.

The wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves.

Pleasures conceived in the world of the senses have a beginning and an end and give birth to misery.

Even if you were the most sinful of sinners, you could cross beyond all sin by the raft of spiritual wisdom.

Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.

Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation.

If you want to see the brave, look to those who can return love for hatred. If yu want to see heroic, look to those who can forgive.

Faith means unflinching trust in something sublime.

The immature think that ‘knowledge’ and ‘action’ are different, but wise them as the same.

When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self.

Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.

He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature… seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others.

Why do you worry unnecessarily? Whom do you fear? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born nor dies.

Whatever happened was good, what’s happening, it’s going well, whatever will happen, will also be good. You need not have any regrets from the past. Do not worry for the future. Live in the present.

What have you lost that you cry for? What did you bring, that you have lost? What did you create that was destroyed? What you have taken has been from here, what you gave has been given here. What belongs to you today belonged to someone yesterday and will be someone else’s tomorrow. Change is the law of the universe.

The meaning of Karma is in the intention. The intention behind action is what matters.

Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation.

Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.

Only when a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as if they were his own, he has attained the highest state of spiritual union.

THE TOP BUDDHIST QUOTES

•Gautama Buddha (c. 563 BCE/480 BCE – c. 483 BCE/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama [sid̪ːʱɑːrt̪ʰə gəut̪əmə], Shakyamuni Buddha [ɕɑːkjəmun̪i bud̪ːʱə],[4] or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage,[4] on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.[5] He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of ancient India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.[6][

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. – Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go? – Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. – Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. – Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. – Buddha

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. – Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. – Buddha

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. – Buddha

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? – Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. – Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. – Buddha

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. – Buddha

The mind is everything. What you think you become. – Buddha

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it – Buddha

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. – Buddha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. – Buddha

When you dig a well, there’s no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow. – Buddha

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. – Buddha

You only lose what you cling to. – Buddha

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. – Buddha

It is better to travel well than to arrive. – Buddha

Doubt everything. Find your own light. – Buddha

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. – Buddha

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. – Buddha

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise. – Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. – Buddha

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. – Buddha

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. – Buddha

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. – Buddha

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? – Buddha

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another. – Buddha

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha

True love is born from understanding. – Buddha

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others – Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. – Buddha

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. – Buddha

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. – Buddha

Pain is certain, suffering is optional. – Buddha

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law. – Buddha

To understand everything is to forgive everything – Buddha

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. – Buddha

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky – Buddha

Patience is key. Remember: A jug fills drop by drop. – Buddha

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. –Buddha

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. – Buddha

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. – Buddha

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. – Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. – Buddha

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. – Buddha

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. – Buddha

The darkest night is ignorance – Buddha

I never see what has been done, I only see what remains to be done. – BuddhHappiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. – Buddha

QUOTES FROM THE TORAH

•If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when?

Say little and do much, and receive all men with a cheerful face.

Initiate a greeting to everyone, and it is better to be a tail to a lion than a head of a fox.

Don’t try to appease your friend when he is angry, or try to comfort him when the dead lie before him. Do not try to see your friend in the time of his disgrace.

We can not explain either the suffering of the righteous or the happiness of the wicked.

Be careful of politicians. They are your friends when it is to their advantage, but abandon you in your time of need.

The more flesh you have, the more the worms will eat. Let the honor of your friend be as important to you as your own. Don’t get angry easily, and repent one day before you die.

The day is short, the job hard, and the workers lazy. You don’t have to finish your tasks on Earth, but you can’t abandon them, either.

What is wealth? Being happy with what you have.

Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, or let your heart feel joy when they stumble, lest the Lord see and turn His displeasure to you.

Do not look at the flask, but what is inside it. There is a fancy bottle with bad wine in it.

According to the effort is the reward.

Do not be scornful of anyone, or doubt that anything can happen, for there is no person without his hour, no thing without its place.

When you pray, don’t follow a set routine or text, but rather beseech for mercy and pity, as it is written, For the Lord is gracious merciful, slow to anger, and great in love.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, yet they are all the same when a time of disaster falls upon them.

Like birds caught in the snare, like fish in a trap, are we when bad luck falls upon us.

Even though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will not fear evil for You are with me.

QUOTES OF JESUS

•Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Jesus Christ

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Jesus ChrisT

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus ChrisT

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. Jesus Christ

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. Jesus Christ

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Jesus Christ

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Jesus Christ

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus Christ

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. Jesus Christ

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. Jesus Christ

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus Christ

So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. Jesus Christ

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Jesus Christ

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus Christ

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Jesus Christ

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Jesus Christ

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Jesus Christ

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus Christ

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Jesus Christ

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Jesus Christ

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Jesus Christ

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Jesus Christ

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Jesus Christ

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Jesus Christ

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. Jesus Christ

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. Jesus Christ

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Jesus Christ

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted. Jesus Christ

Martin Luther] German(10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546),, was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk[2] and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation

Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the Catholic view on indulgences as he understood it to be, that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money.

MARTIN LUTHER QUOTES

•Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Let the wife make her husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

QUOTES OF PROHET MOHAAMED

Prophet Muhammad (s) was born in 570 CE. When Muhammad was forty during his one of many retreats to Mount Hira for meditation during the month of Ramadan, he received the first revelation fromthe Archangel Jibril (Gabriel). The mission of Prophet Muhammad (s) was to restore the worship of the One True God, the creator and sustainer of the universe, as taught by Prophet Ibrahim and all Prophets of God. Prophet Muhammad died on Monday, 12 Rabi (June 8, 632 CE) in Medinah. He isburied in the same place where he died.

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Quotes

•In Paradise There are things which no eyes has seen, no ears has heard and no human mind has thought of.

Closer to the last day, time will pass by faster and faster, a year will feel like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day and a day like an hour.

Most of your sins are because of your tongues.

Whoever Allah wants good for him, he puts them to test. he puts them through difficulties; like a diamond or gold that has to be burnt after which anything bad from it is removed so that what you have is the pure diamond or the pure gold.

When you see a person who has been given more than you in money & beauty then look at those who have given less.

"The most perfect believer in faith is the one whose character is finest and who is kindest to his wife.

Speak the truth even if its bitter

The cure for ignorance is to question.

Spend in charity and do not keep count for then Allah will also keep count in giving your provision.

If you show mercy to those who are on the earth, he who is in the heaven will show mercy to you.

I leave behind me two things, The Quran and My Sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray.

Trust Allah but tie your camel.

The Proud will not enter paradise, nor a violent Speaker.

the strongest among you is the one who controls his anger –

Be Discreet in order to Achieve what you want, for everyone who is blessed in envied.

Which charity is best? he replied that which you give while you fear poverty

"The Prophet Saw Said: Visit the sick, feed the hungry, and free the captive..

I, and the one who looks after an orphan, will be together like this in the next world

Lucky is the woman whose first child is a daughter....

A white has no superiority over a black nor does a black have any superiority over a white except by piety and good options.

Do not waste water even if you were at a running stream.

The greatest jihad is to battle your own soul. to fight the evil within yourself.

The best richness is the richness of the soul.

Speak a Good Word or remain Silent.

No one can be given a blessing better and greater than patience.

Smiling to a brother (fellow human being) as an act of Charity

Allah did not send me to be harsh, or cause harm, but he sent me to teach and make things easy.

The world is a prison for a believer and paradise for a disbeliever.

Fulfill the trust for the one who entrusted you and do not cheat the one who cheated you.

You do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them with forgiveness and kindness

Feed the hungry, Visit the sick, Set free captives,.

He who keeps silents Saves himself.

What has reached you was never meant to miss you. and what has missed you, was never meant to reach you.

Did you know? Blessing of Muhammad that every non muslim prisoner, in first ever battle that muslims won was asked to teach reading and writing to 10 children for his freedom.

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) cooked, cleaned and took the trash out, your wives aren’t your maids they are your partners treat them good. be like Muhammad

QUOTES OF HAZRAT ALI

•Hazrat Ali (R.A) was cousin and son in law of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him). He was born on 13th Muharram or 13th Rajab inside the holy Kaaba. He was 4th caliph of Muslims.

People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Wisdom is that tree that is planted in the heart, grows in the mind and bears fruit on the tongue.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Do not exceed the boundaries of bravery nor entirely surrender yourself by giving up hope.

The clear and apparent road is the road of truth and charity.

Save yourself from disloyalty of a friend and the usurpation(violation/invasion) of an enemy.

Those who don’t protect freedom are soon imprisoned by slavery.

The person who doesn’t respect himself, then he should not expect to be respected by others.

The protectors of injustices against freedom become imprisoned with slavery.

When wisdom becomes complete then speech is reduced.

The counsel of the elderly is more extensive than the show of strength of the young.

There is no greater truth than death and there is no greater lie than to raise ones hopes.

Knowledge is better than wealth, because knowledge protects you while you protect wealth.

When a road is open towards peace from freedom then it is foolish to stay in fear and bondage.

When speech becomes less, then man usually speaks the truth.

The best speech is that which is backed by sincere action.

Do not put your trust in fake promises because it is investment of foolish.

A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.

An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

The best companion and helper is admirable morals.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn’t take action.

Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.

GURU NANAK QUOTES

Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the full-moon day in the month of Katak, October–November.

Born: 15 April 1469, Punjab, Pakistan

Died: 22 September 1539, Kartarpur, Pakistan

Full name: Nanak

•We are born of woman, we are conceived in the womb of woman, we are engaged and married to woman. We make friendship with woman and the lineage continued because of woman. When one woman dies, we take another one, we are bound with the world through woman. Why should we talk ill of her, who gives birth to kings? The woman is born from woman; there is none without her. Only the One True Lord is without woman

Guru Nanak

Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don’t understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian

Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian, let’s become a Human first.

Let God’s grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting, you should be a Muslim the like of this. Let good deeds be your Kaaba and truth be your mentor. Your Kalma be your creed and prayer, God would then vindicate your honour.

As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?

With your hands carve out your own destiny.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.

There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.

Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

Those who have loved are those that have found God

The True One was there from time immemorial. He is there today and ever there you will find. He never died nor will he ever die.... Look within, you will see Him there enshrined.

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth