Dear Friends,

Here's another compilation of thoughts, views and perspectives I bring to your kind attention.
In your quiet moments of reflection and contemplation, you may agree with some or all of what is said here by people of every generation.
Even if you disagree, I hope for their profuse words of advice, wisdom and wise suggestion, you might be able to show some appreciation.
I wish you Happy Reading and Happy Sharing :-)

 

A penny saved is a penny earned. - Benjamin Franklin

All great achievements require time. - Maya Angelou

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. - Ethel Waters

The way I think about it is that as a captain, you are not the most important person; the other 10 are. That is my philosophy because eventually you have to get the best out of the other 10. - Rohit Sharma

I can never listen to my songs. If at all I listen to them, I feel I could have done so much better, applied my creative mind, given it a higher rendition. - Lata Mangeshkar

It feels like the more work I do, the more work I realise I am yet to do. - Rupashri Chatterjee

We need to be sensitive to the pain of those who are suffering emotionally and financially. Those who troll the tormented should ask themselves, don’t they have pain of their own to deal with? Only the one who goes through a crisis knows what a toll it takes on one’s mental and physical health. It is easy to say, ‘Be strong’ It is not easy being strong when your world is crumbling around you. When people lecture you during a crisis it angers you. They don’t know what you are going through. - Prerna Arora

Who lacks sex speaks about sex, hungry talks about food, a person who has no money - about money, and our oligarchs and bankers talk about morality. - Sigmund Freud

Life is messy and complicated, and there’s nothing wrong with accepting that. - Patrick West

Why will I change and why should I change? I’m still not socially comfortable actually because I feel awkward. I am very poor at socialising. I get very uncomfortable at these events, struggling with small talk. People who are genuine, who are true, I connect somehow and feel quite comfortable in that atmosphere. - Rohit Sharma

Everybody is a dancer now. Dances are like exercises, aerobics or even acrobatics. I abhor the manner in which male and female actors stoop to crude gestures. It’s appalling. - Vyjayanthimala Bali

History is just new people making old mistakes. - Sigmund Freud

I strongly believe in the power of divinity. During my hard times I connected my mind to Him and cut myself from what was happening to me. I surrendered to God. But it’s not enough to just trust in God. You have to push yourself out of the dark place. You can’t follow a set pattern. Everyone has his or her own destiny. What will work for me won’t work for you. - Prerna Arora

Patience and negotiation can sometimes work better for us than heading out the door at the first sign of trouble. - Philip Galanes

They say that great achievements take time; but why does it always feel like there's so much to do and not enough time, and when I do have time, I suddenly don't want to do it. - Rupashri Chatterjee

Follow your dreams. But don’t be a slave to them. Sometimes people set goals they can’t achieve. It’s okay. I have accepted we are in the midst of a kalyug. Just go with the flow. Our world is transforming into a sci-fi film. Now I understand there are many shades in life. Take off your rose-tinted glasses and experience life in all its colours. I was vain about being destiny’s chosen one. Now I am awakened. I have stopped smiling. I can’t find anything to smile about. - Prerna Arora

I am a loner. But I am not lonely. I live in a world of my own. My world is inside me. I feel a great creative freedom. - Dev Anand

There are some things only for the heart to know. Let me keep it that way. - Lata Mangeshkar

Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. - Sigmund Freud

Just because our marriage ended didn't mean the love stopped. - Margaret Trudeau

I miss you like crazy. Grief does not fade; it lives next to me as I drive, as I create my art, even as I laugh. I am laughing again, just know that. - Amalia Melis

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. - James Baldwin

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? - William Lloyd Garrison

What I’ve learnt the hard way is to be extremely careful. My father says this entertainment industry is a jungle. The entertainment industry can really take a toll on one’s mental health. Globally, there has been a radical shift in lifestyles during three years. Celebrities too have their share of ups and downs. Fans of stars who follow their favourite stars on Instagram or Twitter tend to emulate both the good and the bad aspects of stardom. It’s up to the individual which side he or she wants to follow. - Prerna Arora

Women in this industry are often treated like dirt. I had no choice but to swallow my anger. Now I want to be a clever animal in this jungle. I have learnt to say no to what I don’t want to do. The power of no is important. I learnt it the hard way. My advice to people who are not getting what they want in life: be true to yourself, no matter what it takes. It is like rush hour on the road. You have to know where you are going. - Prerna Arora

As we approach a garden, the flowers envelope us with their varied fragrances that waft through the air. So does the happy soul spread its light, joy and cheer, wherever it goes. Hence the biblical injunction to be "the light of your world". - Anjana Bhalla

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. - Oscar Wilde

I don’t want to be a Lata Mangeshkar again. I would request God not to send me on Earth again. - Lata Mangeshkar

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

When all else is lost, the future still remains. - Christian Nestell Bovee

We saw this coming. We saw that there was going to be this ability to take zeros and ones inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character. Now that has only grown a billionfold since then, and we see it everywhere. Anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are by way of AI or deepfake technology. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow, and that’s it, but performances can go on and on and on and on. And outside of the understanding that it’s been done with AI or deepfake, there’ll be nothing to tell you that it’s not me and me alone. - Tom Hanks

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. - Prof Stephen Hawking