Quote of the week:
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Oomai kanaakandu uraikkaariyaa inbamadhai
naamarindhu kolvadharkku naalvaruvadhu - ekkaalam.
- Badhragiriyaar
[Oomai - dumb person; kanaa - dream; kan(du) - see; uraikka -
tell; ariyaa - not knowing; inbam - joy; naam - we; arindhu - to know;
naal - day; varuvadhu - to happen; ekkaalam - when]
[Like a dumb unable to express his joy in dreams, when will we
happen to know the Infinite happiness ?? ]
Kural of the week:
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Thottanaithu oorum manarkaeni maandharkku
katranaithu oorum arivu.
[Thottu - to touch; oorum - secrete ; mana(l)r - sand; kaeni -
well; maandhar - people; katr(al)u - learn; arivu - knowledge]
[As a well secretes more and more water when used, so also
knowledge evolves out more and more as people wish to learn more.]
Thought for the week:
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In 1619 during a snowstorm in Bavaria, Rene Descartes had shut
himself up in a heated room for 2 weeks. During this time he had 3
visions. These visions left him in total doubt concerning anything he
had thought he knew or understood. He rejected all religious dogma...
There was only one thing he knew for sure, and that was: "I think,
therefore I am".
Recognizing that he thought, he concluded logically that he
existed. In other words, his awareness that he existed was his only
proof of his own existence. We might point out that this evidence is
conclusive. ... Ofcourse, I can imagine existence after I am dead or
before I was born, but I cannot prove it. Thus Descartes recognized
that being and change were complementary. All was neither total being
nor total change.
"I am" meant being. "I think" meant change. Therefore, being
was the background for change. And change was necessary for awareness
of one's existence.... Even today, French schools follow the Cartesian
methods of analysis and thought. There must be reasons for things. If
the planets revolve about the sun, there is a reason.
- From "Taking the Quantum Leap",
by Fred Alan Wolf
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The most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen
or touched - they are felt by the human heart.
- Helen Keller
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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