Tanvir Rahman
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“These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...].
The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself.
The second is: don't over-estimate your own merits.
The third is: don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself.
And the fourth is: don't imagine that most people give enough thought to you to have any special desire to persecute you.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself.
The second is: don't over-estimate your own merits.
The third is: don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself.
And the fourth is: don't imagine that most people give enough thought to you to have any special desire to persecute you.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
“যাহাকে ভালবাসি, সে যদি ভাল না বাসে, এমন কি ঘৃণাও করে, তাও বোধ করি সহ্য হয়, কিন্তু যাহার ভালবাসা পাইয়াছি বলিয়া বিশ্বাস করিয়াছি, সেইখানে ভুল ভাঙ্গিয়া যাওয়াটাই নিদারুন। পূর্বেরটা ব্যথাই দেয়, কিন্তু শেষেরটা ব্যথাও দেয়, অপমানও করে। আবার এ ব্যথার প্রতিকার নাই, এ অপমানের নালিশ নাই।”
― चरित्रहीन
― चरित्रहीन
“বরং দ্বিমত হও, আস্থা রাখ দ্বিতীয় বিদ্যায়।
বরং বিক্ষত হও প্রশ্নের পাথরে।
বরং বুদ্ধির নখে শান দাও, প্রতিবাদ করো।
অন্তত আর যাই করো, সমস্ত কথায়
অনায়াসে সম্মতি দিও না।
কেননা, সমস্ত কথা যারা অনায়াসে মেনে নেয়,
তারা আর কিছুই করে না,
তারা আত্মবিনাশের পথ
পরিষ্কার করে।”
―
বরং বিক্ষত হও প্রশ্নের পাথরে।
বরং বুদ্ধির নখে শান দাও, প্রতিবাদ করো।
অন্তত আর যাই করো, সমস্ত কথায়
অনায়াসে সম্মতি দিও না।
কেননা, সমস্ত কথা যারা অনায়াসে মেনে নেয়,
তারা আর কিছুই করে না,
তারা আত্মবিনাশের পথ
পরিষ্কার করে।”
―
“Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert air"
A good many flowers bloom and fade away in deserted places, seen by no one.
In its context in Thomas Gray's "Elegy" it is actually a metaphor for common folk who do heroic things that are never reported in the news or recorded in history. Like a precious stone unmined at the bottom of the ocean or a beautiful flower blooming in the deep woods, their work may not be seen or known, but it is nevertheless heroic. Rubies and roses are beautiful, Gray would say, whether anyone ever sees them or not.”
―
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert air"
A good many flowers bloom and fade away in deserted places, seen by no one.
In its context in Thomas Gray's "Elegy" it is actually a metaphor for common folk who do heroic things that are never reported in the news or recorded in history. Like a precious stone unmined at the bottom of the ocean or a beautiful flower blooming in the deep woods, their work may not be seen or known, but it is nevertheless heroic. Rubies and roses are beautiful, Gray would say, whether anyone ever sees them or not.”
―
“Newton’s third law – the only way humans have ever figured out of getting somewhere is to leave something behind.”
― Interstellar: The Complete Screenplay With Selected Storyboards
― Interstellar: The Complete Screenplay With Selected Storyboards
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