Henry David Thoreau Quote – Success
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
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Cartoon – In a sea of many
How Optimistic Are the World’s Millennials?
A Telefonica – Financial Times survey asked more than 12,000 millennials if their country’s “best days” lay ahead. Here’s the positive vote by the region… Asia – 79% Latin America – 78% Central and Eastern Europe – 69% Middle East and Africa – 66% North America – 49% Western Europe – 41%
Read moreGandhi Quote – Important That You Do It
“Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it.” – Gandhi
Read moreArundhati Roy Quote – Becoming Our Oppressors
“When we are violent to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our oppressors.” – Arundhati Roy
Read moreMark Twain Quote – The Day You Find Out Why
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
Read moreMuriel Spark Quote – Frankness Is Usually A Euphemism For Rudeness
“Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.” – Muriel Spark
Read moreBarbara De Angelis Quote – Living With Integrity
“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” […]
Read moreChangchun, China – Public toilets converted into restaurant
People living in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province have called for old public toilets that were partly converted into a restaurant to be put back to their original use, according to chinanews.com. “Why can’t we use this public toilet? I have to climb up six flights of stairs back home to use the toilet,” a senior resident surnamed Zhao said. […]
Read moreEnvying the lower castes
Suddenly everyone wants to be low-caste, said Badri Narayan. It used to be considered an extreme disadvantage to be in one of India’s oppressed castes or indigenous tribes. But decades of affirmative action and quota systems have changed all that. Now, many lower-middle castes are agitating to be reclassified as “more backward,” in effect “struggling to move down the ladder […]
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