ना रख अपने आप को, तू इस तरह संभाल कर, एक चादर को ओढ़, अपने कंधे पर डाल कर, समुंदरी शीत लहरों का प्रभाव, तुझसे कभी न रुकेगा, कुदरत की कहर के आगे, तू भी मिटटी में मिल जाएगा.
- gmail status of ankit dangi
everything is crack+
There is a Crack, a Crack in Everything / That's How the Light Gets In.
- Leonard Cohen
The right Qs
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Middle path towards better environment
... the problem can be very easily solved by everyone giving up N things. But very few people in the free world would be willing to do that. So we'll have to rely on most people giving up 1 or 2 things out of their own list of N things. For me, I didn't give up living in suburbs. But I
- wear a jacket at home in winter instead of turning on the heat
- use a fan in summer instead of AC
- line-dry my laundary in the backyard instead of using the gas dryer
- skip the plastic or paper bags when grocery-shopping
- gave up my SUV and got a Prius
- and literally dig through the household trash to find recyclable and compostable items that my wife and in-laws fail to separate out.
--- OP on berkeley's MOTD
As Putt puts it
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
- Putt's Law
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one.
- Louisa May Alcott
1832–88, American author
1832–88, American author
PS - Not able to come up with a title for last few weeks for the quotes I like. Mind seems to have got shot at point Blank range. :(
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