Favourite Quotations
William Blake
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Kabir
I searched for the crooked, met not a single one
When searched myself, “I” found the crooked one.
Money or Wealth (What it can buy)
Wealth can purchase a bed but not sleep
Wealth can purchase books but not knowledge
Wealth can purchase medicine but not health
Wealth can purchase a house but not a home
Wealth can purchase luxuries but not civilizations
Wealth can purchase cosmetics but not beauty
Wealth can purchase temple but not purity
Wealth can purchase a servant but not a friend
Wealth can purchase positions but not equality
Wealth can purchase sensual pleasures but not love
Wealth can purchase Men but not Belief
Wealth can purchase power but not influence
Wealth can purchase a human but not humanity
Favourite Poems
Bloody Men by Wendy Cope
Bloody men are like bloody buses -
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear.
You look at them flashing their indicators,
Offering you a ride.
You're trying to read the destination;
You haven't much time to decide.
If you make a mistake, there is no turning back.
Jump off, and you'll stand there and gaze
While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by
And the minutes, the hours, the days.
How to eat a Poem by Eve Merriam
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.
Wonderful speeches
A speech that can never be forgotten, I have a dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLvSnr6s50
This is a speech made by one of the greatest poets, Winston Churchill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utv9rCHlpkM
An interesting speech on self confidence and believing in yourself from Rocky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASVzkrEKgs
