‘Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.’ – James Stephens (1880-1950); an Irish novelist and poet known for his contributions to and involvement in the Irish literary revival of the early 20th century. His most famous novel is ‘The Crock of Gold’ (1912). When we were children, we
‘After every storm, there is a rainbow. If you have eyes, you will find it. If you have wisdom, you will create it. If you have love for yourself and others, you won’t need it. – Shannon L. Alder; a contemporary author whose writings often explore themes of self-discovery, personal
‘Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.’ – Norman Cousins (1915-1990); an American journalist, author, and political activist One sunny afternoon in 1961 when both of us were eight years old, my cousin Ratum and I were playing
‘Fire is something you can look at for hours before you realise its other properties: it destroys and it creates.’ – Adrian Matejka, No sane person would ever want to shout or hear the dreaded four-letter word, but there it was, repeated rapidly over and over. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” came
‘The sound of thunder is like an argument between the gods.’ – Rumi, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (born 1207); a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian. At the onset of a sudden tempest, a man plagued by an irrationally paralysing dread of thunder and lightning ran
‘Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that would be the biggest honour for me.’ – A P J Abdul Kalam (1931 – 2015); an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served
‘People with intellectual disability are not problems to be solved, but people to be supported in achieving their goals and aspirations.’ – Rick Rader, MD (Director of the Habilitation Centre at the Orange Grove Centre in Chattanooga, USA, where he works on healthcare delivery systems for people with intellectual and
‘The greatest gift we can give to others is our understanding and compassion, transcending the boundaries of appearance and culture.’ – Mahatma Gandhi As a child growing up beginning in the late 1950s in my village — Kampung Ta-ee in Serian District — my world was a realm of wonder
‘Pareidolia is a fascinating quirk of the human mind, reminding us that sometimes what we see isn’t always what’s really there.’ – Brian Cox (Born 1968 in England); a particle physicist know for Why Does E=mc²?, The Quantum Universe, Wonders of Life, Wonders of the Universe, to name but a
‘Sometimes the one that got away is the one that was never really meant to stay.’ – Unknown WHEN a man has a close relationship with a woman and hopes to marry her, the last thing he expects to happen is for the woman to change her mind later and
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