Thursday, September 30, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

It is better to travel well than to arrive ... [Buddha]
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful ...
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind ... [Buddha] 
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets out of it but what he becomes by it ...
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens ...
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant ...
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools ...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

CSE

Ready to take on the conceptual basis behind visual graphics extravaganza with ...
Computer Graphics Principles & Practice (James D Foley)

Travelling Thoughts

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger ...
What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do ...
Even the familiar will yield something new when you open your mind to discovery ...
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? ... [Buddha]
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze .. [Buddha]
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose ...
To find fulfillment...don't exist with life - embrace it ...
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves ...
A fool judges people by the presents they give him ...
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable ... 

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change ... [Buddha]
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become ...
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea ... [Buddha] 
Every endeavor is covered by some fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work born of his nature, O son of Kuntī, even if such work is full of fault ... [Krishna]
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn ...
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly ...
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you ...
Dwell in thought upon the grandest, and the grandest you shall see; Fix your mind upon the highest, and the highest you shall be ...
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age ...
What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life ? ... 

Monday, September 27, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination ...
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace ... [Buddha] 
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned ... [Buddha]
Underpromise ... overdeliver ...
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ...
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge ...
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim ...
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections ...
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value ...
Make the most of today. translate your good intentions into actual deeds ...
There's only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything ...

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine ... [Buddha]
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace ... [Buddha]
The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace ...
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing ...
An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it ...
Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it ...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule ... [Buddha]
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness ...
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: 1) not going all the way; and 2) not starting ... [Buddha]
Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it ... 
Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures ...

Friday, September 24, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

This one step - choosing a goal and staying to it - changes everything ...
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve ... [Buddha]
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed ... [Buddha]
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go ...
Good habits result from resisting temptation ...
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love ...
Free will is the power of choosing good and evil ...
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose ...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

CSE

Exploring the formal mathematical model behind computer science with ...
Theory of Computer Science 2E (KLP Mishra & N Chandrashekaran)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it ...
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger ...
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows ... [Buddha]
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate ...
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done ... [Buddha]
Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions associated with the sweetest ...
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before ...
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way ... [Buddha]
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song ...
Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds ...
The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night ...
If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks ...
There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it ...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow ...
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted ...
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years ...
Strength does not come from winning Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength ...
Consider the postage stamp ... It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there ...
Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars ...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become ...
All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

CSE

Delving into the glory of relational technology and database systems with ...
An Introduction to Database Systems 7E (Chris J Date)

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Travelling Thoughts

Courage is fear that has said its prayers ...
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not ...
You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late ...
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new ...
As is our confidence, so is our capacity ...
We can do more than lead, we can inspire ...
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out ...
You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts ...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010