#eve

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#every #get #god #great #happening

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#beholden #cared #chose #die #discoveries

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. ↗

— John Muir

#anything #else #everything #find #hitched

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. ↗

— John Muir

#about #as far as #discontented #far #fast

We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#before #children #commitment #complex #constitution

I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#i #india #offered #office #personally

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#every #gandhi #generation #i #models

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#course #i #jobs #played #tenor

In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#country #economics #economy #every #fit

We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust, surpassing pre-crisis export levels and pre-crisis export growth trends. We have diversified our export baskets and our export destinations. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#been #cannot #current #destinations #developments