Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy. Tim Hansel Most of us either believe that pain and misery are synonymous, or have a cause-and-result relation at the very least. We spend our lives deeming it absolutely normal to feel miserable after a painful experience. Nothing, however, Read more…

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. Dalai Lama Failure is an essential hurdle en route to success. It is a timely wake-up call for us to reconsider our plans or to simply strengthen our resolve. It not only keeps us grounded going forward, but also makes success all the more savory.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them. Leonard Louis Levinson A lot of our life depends on how we approach it. It might sound clichéd, but we really do have Read more…

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key. Charles Fletcher Lummis Setbacks are part and parcel of life. No one – not even people born with a silver spoon in their mouth Read more…

Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears. Anonymous Everyone is blessed with the ability to dream. However, very few people are determined enough to go out there and fulfill those dreams. Ultimately, how steadfast one is in the pursuit of their dreams is what sets successful men apart from the not-so-successful ones.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. Aristotle Education is the greatest gift that parents can bestow upon their children, for education is what sets one man apart from another. We can give our kids Read more…

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. Socrates Putting religious and cultural beliefs aside, it is reasonable to assume that we live only once, at least as far as our present material body is concerned. In the grand scheme of things, our life is but Read more…

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F. Kennedy Life moves in only one direction – ahead. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to keep ourselves down with a whole lot of emotional baggage, especially one that isn’t ours to carry.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Patience is one of the few virtues that we hear about so often, and yet it is so hard to practice. We can go around boasting about how important it is to be patient, but one tricky situation is all it takes to Read more…

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch One of the greatest support systems in a person’s life are their friends. And regardless of its  clichéd connotations, the proverb that a man is known by the company he keeps is Read more…