"I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind." – St. Bernard Make #AllSaintsDay special and personal by meditating on the purposeful lives of saints, gurus, and wise beings; the quality of their character; the depth of their

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." A rose for #DaleCarnegie's thoughts 70

In a league of its own! #Russia launches 'heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser' 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘴𝘬, which is the lead boat of its namesake class or Project 09851. Though a lighter derivative of the Borei class, 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘴𝘬 is a hefty platform which could carry

"One lives in the hope of becoming a memory." – Antonio Porchia #AllSoulsDay ignites a sense of duty towards the past, the present, and the future through our remembrances of the dearly departed. Honouring their memory, interceding on their behalf for indulgences, and

"You study, you learn, but you guard the original naïveté. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover." Celebrating the life and #art of the peerless Henri Émile Benoît #Matisse, 71 years since his passing. 🎨 Nature morte

"Tagore once said - '𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭'; but, before that, it has to be truthful. Now, what is truth? There is no eternal truth. Every artist has to learn private truth though a painful private process. And that is what he has to convey." Avant-garde

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." 85 years since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected #POTUS for the third time. #FDR remains the only President to have

"Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!" #GuyFawkes | #BonfireNight

"हमको कहाँ हज़ार साल जीना है; थोड़ी सी ज़िंदगी है, थोड़ी सी पी लेते हैं और जी लेते हैं; थोड़ी सी मस्ती कर लेते हैं, फिर कहाँ पैदा होने वाले हैं हम!" Remembering Hari Bhai, beloved and peerless powerhouse of acting, who left us way too soon aged just forty seven, 40 years ago (6

"Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, 'May I come in?' is not the true laughter. No! he is a king, and he come when and how he like. He ask no person; he choose no time of suitability. He say, 'I am here.' ...it is a strange world, a sad world, a

"It's amazing how man still believes in words. For example, if you call him a fool and don't beat him, he'll be wretched. Call him a genius and don't give him any money, he'll be quite satisfied." Exploring existential tensions and human vulnerabilities, Ivan Turgenev's lucid

"Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man’s joys increase, the poor’s decay, ‘Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." In poems, plays, and prose, the peerless Oliver Goldsmith captured life's simple grace. A voice

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, major hostilities of The Great War (aka WW1) formally ended. It is never too late, and no remembrance too insignificant, to honour those we owe much! #ArmisticeDay | #VeteransDay | #RemembranceDay | 🎨 The Last Message,

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?" – #FyodorDostoyevsky @ 204. 📷 Peter Yost

"Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated." Commemorating Auguste Rodin @ 185. 🎨 Ecstasies, courtesy Musée Rodin. #Art

"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." - Rumi #Kindness | #KindnessDay | #KindnessMatters | #WorldKindnessDay | 📷 Şamim Xani

“The way we bring up our children will determine the future of the country.” Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's abiding faith in the promise of childhood and his commitment to children's welfare was strongly rooted in his belief that children embodied the nation’s truest hope.

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” – Robert Louis Stevenson @ 175 Call upon the #MasterInVelvet's timeless tales to illuminate the darkest paths and awaken the courage within. 📷 by MightyIsland courtesy Getty. #Literature