“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower “What politics have you?” I asked. “I am without politics,” he said. “I am seventy-six years old. […]
Author: V Georgekutty
“This whole universe is Brahman. In Tranquility, let one worship It, As that from which he came forth, As that into which he will be dissolved, As that in which he breathes.” – Chandogya Upanishad 3.14.1 Introduction Everything in the world is made from smaller pieces. For example, a car is made from metal pieces that are […]
“Every man makes a god of his own desire” – Virgil Introduction Schoolchildren waiting at a bus stop were run over by a speeding bus. A photograph of that accident scene appeared on the front page of next day’s newspapers. It showed many people struggling to pull out the dead and wounded children from underneath […]
“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell” ― Oscar Wilde Introduction The ‘Key Verse’ of the New Testament says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). The […]
“Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” –The Holy Bible (Matthew 6:27) Introduction It might sound weird. But it is true that many people simply love their worries. Dr. John Schindler, a US Physician, narrates the story of his friend Sam to demonstrate it. Sam had a beautiful […]
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.” – Zig Ziglar The Story of Michael Michael was born in […]
‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’ – The Holy Bible (Luke 12:20) Reason Behind Fear There is a story in the Bible about the Jewish king Hezekiah who had ruled Judah, the ancient kingdom of southern Palestine, for twenty-nine years from 726 to 697 […]
“Who knows from whence this great creation sprang? He from whom all this great creation came. Whether his will created or was mute, The Most High seer that is in highest heaven, He knows it – or perchance even He knows not” ― Rig Veda (10:129) (English Version by Max Muller in his work, A […]
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein? Introduction Nature Vs. Nurture Who is a genius? There are no easy answers. But, we generally understand that a genius is someone who […]
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind“ – The Bible (Hosea 8:7) Introduction “Thou shalt not commit adultery”, says one of the Ten Commandments that God gave to the Israelites through Moses. It also says, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife”. King David of the ancient Jewish kingdom of […]