हर ज्ञान की शुरुआत इस बात को समझने से होती है कि आप कुछ नहीं जानते। सब कुछ जानने का भ्रम ही सीखने की प्रक्रिया का सबसे बड़ा दुश्मन है। पूरी तरह आश्वस्त हो जाना बुद्धि का नाश कर देता है।

The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of wisdom.

The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of wisdom.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Wisdom
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Paradox 95%

और मैंने अपने पापा का शुक्रिया अदा किया जो हमेशा मुझसे कहते थे कि हम, 'लो इंडियोस' यानी मूल निवासी, जंगली घास की तरह हैं। गुलाब के पौधों को तो पानी और खाद देनी ही पड़ती है, वरना वे मर जाते हैं। लेकिन जंगली घास या स्थानीय पौधों को आप नादा यानी कुछ नहीं देते; बल्कि आप उन पर ज़हर छिड़कते हैं और उनके ऊपर कंक्रीट की परत बिछा देते हैं, और फिर भी वे जंगली घास कंक्रीट को चीरकर बाहर निकल ही आती है।

And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete.

And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete.

Topic Adversity & Resilience Resilience
Tone: Defiant Sentiment: Positive Type: Wisdom 95%

नहीं, आपको यह शिकायत नहीं करनी है और न ही यह सवाल उठाना है कि आप कौन हैं, बल्कि इसके बजाय आपको बढ़ना है, अपने भीतर छिपी रोशनी की तलाश करते हुए।

No, you are not to complain or question who you are, but instead, grow, reaching for the light that's inside you.

No, you are not to complain or question who you are, but instead, grow, reaching for the light that's inside you.

Topic Self & Identity Personal Growth
Tone: Inspirational Sentiment: Positive Type: Life Advice 96%

भगवान से बातें करना वाकई बहुत बढ़िया सौदा था।

Talking to God was damned good business.

Talking to God was damned good business.

Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 92%

क्या ऐसा हो सकता है कि हम अपने बच्चों के दिल से उन्हें बहुत जल्दी दूर करके और सीधे-साधे रेखीय (लीनियर) सोच के दायरे में धकेलकर उनकी प्रतिभा का गला घोट रहे हैं?

Could it be we stifle our children's genius by languaging them too quickly away from their hearts and into the straight and narrow confines of linear thinking?

Could it be we stifle our children's genius by languaging them too quickly away from their hearts and into the straight and narrow confines of linear thinking?

Topic Creativity & Expression Creativity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Question 92%

महिलाओं को इस बात का ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि वे अपने हनीमून पर अपने पतियों को इतना न थका दें कि वे कमज़ोर होकर काम पर ही न जा सकें!

Women have to be careful to not wear out their husbands on their honeymoons, or they get so weak that they can't go to work!

Women have to be careful to not wear out their husbands on their honeymoons, or they get so weak that they can't go to work!

Topic Relationships & Love Marriage
Tone: Humorous Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 92%

और साथ ही—मेरी परेशानियों में इज़ाफ़ा करते हुए—मेरे माता-पिता और रिश्तेदार मुझे बताते रहते थे कि वे सर्वशक्तिमान के कितने करीब महसूस करते हुए बड़े हुए थे कि वे रोज़ाना उनसे ऐसे बात करते थे जैसे कोई किसी दोस्त से बात करता है और कैसे कभी-कभार भगवान ने चमत्कारों के रूप में असलियत में उनसे जवाब भी दिया था।

And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd spoken to Him on a daily basis as one would speak to a friend and how, now and then, God had actually spoken back to them in the form of miracles.

And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd spoken to Him on a daily basis as one would speak to a friend and how, now and then, God had actually spoken back to them in the form of miracles.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 95%

ओह, काश मैं एक बार फिर से ऐसी ही पीड़ा के साथ तड़प पाता, अपने दिल में प्यार की ताकतों को, स्वर्ग की खुशियों और नर्क की यातनाओं को महसूस कर पाता!

Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the joys of heaven and the pains of hell!

Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the joys of heaven and the pains of hell!

Topic Relationships & Love Love and Pain
Tone: Passionate Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 95%

आखिरकार, जगुआर आम बात हुआ करते थे, इसलिए लोग उनसे डरने के बजाय उनका सम्मान करते थे, बिल्कुल वैसे ही जैसे किसी अन्य प्राकृतिक शक्ति का किया जाता है।

Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other natural force.

Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other natural force.

Topic Nature & Universe Animals
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%