The most important thing is that we should have freedom of thought. This is not as easy as it sounds, for everyone likes to have this freedom for himself, but is not ready to give it to others when they express different opinions. This is particularly the case when the differences of opinions arise on […]
‘Tit for tat’ is an age old proverb which presents a situation in which a person does something bad to another person because that another person has done the same to him. It is the same as ‘blood for blood’ or ‘to pay someone back in the same coin’. In today’s competitive cut-throat world, this
Pen stands for expression, for literature, for what comes out of a writer’s pen. And it is true that literature or writing wields far more power than arms can ever wield. Battles are fought over a certain period of time and within a particular area. They certainly affect and influence events but in a limited
‘Idle people are dead lifelong.’ This is the famous quote of Thomas Fuller, a philosopher.Idleness has long been regarded as an evil, but many people don’t realize just why. What’s wrong with being idle? What’s wrong with hanging around day after day, doing little or nothing constructive? The answer, as with everything else in life,
Education is the backbone of democracy; but it must be remembered that by the term ‘Education’ we should not mean the so-called academic education, which is cheap, artificial and mechanical. The term ‘Education’ stands for liberal education. We require that education, which should teach us the art of citizenship; unless we are educated thoroughly in
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or unfaithful, is his dog. A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the
Boys and girls who think they can have a good time by idleness and self-indulgence are only training them-selves to have a miserable time. Eating good food when we are hungry is a pleasure, but one cannot get twice the pleasure by eating twice the food. Rest after labour is sweet but rest instead of
There is a mysterious power that cannot be defined but which is present in everything. It is this unseen power that makes itself felt and yet defies all proofs because it is so unlike all that is perceived through one’s senses. It is beyond the range of senses; but it is possible to reason out
We sometimes think it would be very nice to have no work to do. How we envy the rich people who have not to work for their living but can do just what they desire the year round. Yet when we feel like this, we make a mistake. Sometimes rich people are not so happy
Happiness does not consist in riches, although it is very easy to believe that it does. True wealth would be much better defined as ‘character’; for a man can only be happy when he is at peace with himself. The richest men are often the unhappy, since they do not realize that a man’s wealth
There are some men who seem to be always on the look out for trouble and, to tell the truth, they are seldom disappointed. The man who seeks a quarrel usually finds it. Listening to such men would think that this world is one of the stormiest and most disagreeable places of which it would
A machine works much faster than a human being. And it works much harder. In other words, one machine in a given time, say an hour, can do as much work or produce as many goods as ten or twenty or a hundred or even two hundred men in the same time. Obviously, it is
Overeating is one of the most wonderful practices among those who think that they can afford it. In fact, authorities say that nearly all who can get as they desire, overeat to their disadvantage. This class of people could save a great deal more food than they can save by missing one meal per week
Speech is a great blessing, but it can also be a great curse, for, while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual or an ambiguous word,
Travelling is now rightly considered as an indispensable part of education. The knowledge gathered from books is of a somewhat theoretical character and in order to make it really useful, we must supplement it by varied experience of the practical side of life and nature. Even if looked at from a totally different point of