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“An hour of effective, precise, hard, disciplined and integrated thinking can be worth a month of hard work. Thinking is the very essence of, and the most difficult thing to do in, business and...

http://www.vakil.org/2010/06/24/its-the-thought-that-counts/

“Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it is the presence of fear, yet the will to continue.”

http://www.vakil.org/2009/11/23/on-courage/

“Before Enlightenment, Chop Wood, Carry Water. After Enlightenment, Chop Wood, Carry Water.” – Ancient Zen Wisdom, from Mastery by George Leonard.

http://www.vakil.org/2009/11/18/on-enlightenment/

I read this bestseller quite some time back, after Ali informed me that it’s audiobook has been quite a hit on iTunes. Although not a spiritual classic and not a book that I would strongly...

http://www.vakil.org/2009/10/27/a-few-quotes-from-tuesdays-with-morrie/

He Who Fears Will Mind (Quran Chapter 87: Verse 10) “Greed is Good?” I think not. However, a little bit of Fear can take you a long way. Fear (in proportion) and conflict are necessary...

http://www.vakil.org/2009/10/03/a-little-bit-of-fear-is-a-good-thing/

   “What is your condition? You feel satisfied with what little you have secured from this world while much of the next world of which you have been deprived does not grieve you. The little.....

http://www.vakil.org/2009/10/01/a-beautiful-quote-that-brings-to-perspective-the-worth-of-this-world/

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Mahatma Gandhi Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 – 1948)

http://www.vakil.org/2009/10/01/an-empowering-quote-by-gandhi-ji-on-gandhi-jayathi-day/

I’ve learned the importance of taking the risk to pursue your dreams. There is nothing worse than looking back over your life at what you should have tried, should have done, or should have sai...

http://www.vakil.org/2009/09/11/on-taking-risks-and-pursuing-your-dreams-a-quote/

From Khalil Gibran’s, the Prophet. Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they a...

http://www.vakil.org/2009/07/30/the-deepest-advice-i-have-heard-on-bringing-up-children/

“Where your thoughts are, is where you are. Think of others and you are with them. Think only of yourself and you are alone.” – Yaatriki

http://www.vakil.org/2009/07/18/where-your-thoughts-are-is-where-you-are/