Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] Manual labour is useful precisely because it frees us of empty talk. – Tolstoy [2] A dumb man’s tongue is better than a liar’s. – Turkish proverb [3] If the fine arts are...

Arrogance: Super Short Story #545 He thought, ‘What arrogance of youth! Who is she to imagine she knows enough? She needs to learn more!’ She thought, ‘What arrogance of age! Who is he to imagine he knows correctly? He needs to be...

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] How strange! People will fight against an evil which comes from outside them, from other people – something which is not in their power to eliminate – but they do not fight against the...

Ignorance: Super Short Story #544   He tried to mask his own ignorance by chiding her, ‘If you are ignorant about this, you shouldn’t chide me over...

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] A person’s perfection is measured by the extent to which he has liberated himself from his own individual personality. The more he is able to do this, the closer he will be to perfection....

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] A rich man has a house of fifteen room for three people, but he is unable to welcome a beggar into his house to warm himself and spend the night, A peasant has a tiny hut with a single room for...

Marginalia: Super Short Story #543 Within the pages of the library book was the only copy of another semi-‘published’ book, in terms of marginalia – a critique of the actual book, that was just as, if not more intriguing than the actual...

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] Be as you are, so long as you feel your conscience is at peace, that you are at peace with yourself, and that you are in the place you should be, Be what you should be, and leave the rest to God....

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but to enjoy the right things – not merely industrious, but to love industry – not merely learned,...

Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’. [1] It is better to know a little of what is really good and worthwhile than a lot of what is mediocre and unnecessary. – Tolstoy [2] Be wary lest by reading too many writers and too many...

Non-Descript : Super Short Story #540 Her distinct feature was her lack of distinct...

Alternation: Super Short Story #542   He could sense arrogance arising when he recovered slightly. He could sense humility arising when he relapsed slightly. He wondered what will happen if he recovered fully, if he relapsed fully, if there was no more...

  Karma: Super Short Story #536 Because she deeply believed in karma, she refuses to retaliate with negativity. Even when she died, she was able to depart in peace. Because he deeply disbelieved in karma, he refused to realise his mistake. But when about to die, he started to...

Prize: Super Short Story #539     There is something mildly depressing about seeing the more well-to-do  drift through expensive malls,  looking for the next prized item to buy. It is as if they are already rich, but still in want of more, which makes us wonder about those in need, in want of...

Illusion: Super Short Story #538 At floor 27, the elevator opened, with the floor display saying it is at floor 25. As he entered and pressed 1 to descend, the display remained at 25, even when he reached floor 1. It made him wonder if floor 27 and 1 were illusions, with him all along at...

Door: Super Short Story #535     When she got to the door, and looked through the peephole,  the person who knocked  had already moved to the next apartment’s door. Curious to know who it was, yet not wanting to open the door, she knocked on her side of the door  in the same way the...

Immersion: Super Short Story #534    He decided to immerse himself fully into doing what he should be doing, instead of half-immersing himself in his circular worries, with his other half immersing in what he should be doing, which made what done only half as...

  Sickness: Super Short Story #533 When sick,  he was worried about being sick then, which did not help getting him well.   When well,  he was worried about being sick later, which somewhat helped getting him...

Dreams: Super Short Story #541 He used to write lame essays of the incredible and perplexing, before ending with waking up,  to realise all to just be a dream. What about life itself? What will the realisation be,  with its ultra-realism now, when it...

  Fool: Super Short Story #537   First, there was a fool talking nonsense. Then, there was a person who tried to talk sense into him. But after some time, this person walked away. If he did not, he would also really be a fool， for trying to talk sense into one who was really a fool to him....

Time: Dharmagram #383 Say what has to be said. Do what has to be...

Amor Fati: Dharmagram...

Fear: Dharmagram #381 Fear is but the lack of...

Oneness: Dharmagram #380 May pure thought be one with word and...

Rejoice: Dharmagram #379 Rejoice is one of the easiest ways to find...

Mistake: Dharmagram #378 When mistakes are mindfully exhausted, perfection is...

Dream: Dharmagram #377 Bodhicitta is the ultimate stretching of the...

Horse: Dharmagram #376 塞翁失马，焉知非福。...

Tiredness: Dharmagram #375 Energise up...

Forgiveness: Dharmagram #374 Works for others, and oneself...