Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin Most unknowing men are ignorant by nature, not by choice. They are naturally unaware of their actions or words. They genuinely feel that they are doing or saying the right things, blissfully ignorant of their intellectual shortcomings. However, this is Read more…

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. Bill Gates Success is a double-edged sword; it can both be the reason for motivation and complacency. For driven people, it can spur them on to aim for even greater feats. For them, success serves as a stepping stone to a Read more…

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Evolution is a continuous process, and it is not just a physical one. In fact, it probably applies more to the mind than to body. This is nowhere more evident and obvious than in human philosophy, which has been Read more…

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton With get-rich-overnight-type of schemes having flooded the online market, it is rather easy to believe that success comes with some shortcuts. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Actually, there are no shortcuts to succeed Read more…

What we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all along. Harvey Cox Human beings are really queer creatures. They are always consumed by this crazy obsession about how their lives are not as good as they would have liked them to be; they are never Read more…

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau Our dreams are our raison d’être; they are the ones that keep us motivated. They can both force a person to go to bed early at night, or reduce their sleeping hours to Read more…

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do. Steve Jobs Human imagination knows no limits. The same goes for our dreams as well, especially the ones we see in our childhood and adolescence. However, more often than not, the pragmatism and practical approach that come with age tend to Read more…

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. John Augustus Shedd Life is synonymous with adventures and calculated risks. It is meant to be enjoyed, not squandered on meaningless speculations or apprehensions. Of course, this does not mean walking blindly into the storm. The risks we take must Read more…

Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician. Karl von Knebel Hope is the light that keeps us going, letting us know that the long, dark tunnel of disappointment will not last forever. It is this very optimism that motivates us to get out of bed every Read more…

If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. Oprah Winfrey Gratitude is a handy virtue. It helps us appreciate whatever precious little we have in our lives. Gratitude can manifest itself in more than one way. Read more…