Friday, February 27, 2009
Think Tolerance
"The single most important message of all religions is tolerance." - Vishnu Pendyala
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ambition
"Ambition must be driven by what we can do, rather than by what we can get." - Vishnu Pendyala
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Law of Desire
"Law of Desire: If you want everything, you may get nothing. If you want something, you may not get something or some other thing. If you want nothing (sunya), you will get everything (vi-shunya: vishnu, the God)." - Vishnu Pendyala
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Austere Sacrifices
"Purposeful, benign, and austere sacrifices actually enrich the person and strengthen the soul." - Vishnu Pendyala
Friday, February 20, 2009
Economy is about Serving the Needy
"No food is as tasty as eaten when hungry; Nothing proves its true worth until its necessity is felt. The feeling of necessity is what drives the economy. Serving the needy is the antidote to economic downturns" - Vishnu Pendyala
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Truth is the Foundation of Existence
"What's the use of building a mansion if its foundations are not laid in concrete; what's the use of grandiose ambitions if they are not deep-rooted in truth?" - Vishnu Pendyala
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Evolution of a Philanthropist
"From extreme greed to selfless philanthropy, it is a long journey, possibly comprising of many rebirths." - Vishnu Pendyala
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Law: Making, Enforcement, and Interpretation
"Governments should bring out the best persons out of their citizens and may sometimes have to ignore minor imperfections in doing so. Turning citizens into undertrials or ex-convicts for petty reasons, or mere allegations does not do well to anyone." - Vishnu Pendyala
Friday, February 13, 2009
Antidote to Suffering
"Deep knowledge in action is an anti-dote to the innumerable feelings, including suffering, that the illusory mind generates." - Vishnu Pendyala
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Some are Different...
"Time and again, a few good men endure all the pain to produce common good for the entire community." - Vishnu Pendyala
Monday, February 9, 2009
True Freedom
"Freedom of the senses is bondage of the mind. Bondage of the senses to the mind is freedom of the self." - Vishnu Pendyala
Friday, February 6, 2009
Gambling
"No one who remembers the rudiments of probability theory will gamble money on the slot machines." - Vishnu Pendyala
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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