Escritas — Poems List

Vikrant Parsai

I don’t want something tomorrow

I don’t want something tomorrow what I paid for yesterday.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

If even dying is to

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

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Oprah Winfrey

Energy is the essence of

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

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Vikrant Parsai

Hate is something we do

Hate is something we do when we are afraid to love.

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Vikrant Parsai

Few things are exact. You

Few things are exact. You either have more than you need or need more than you have.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

The UN is not just

The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the U.N. and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

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Anna Lappe

Courage is saying, Maybe what

Courage is saying, Maybe what I'm doing isn't working maybe I should try something else.

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Vikrant Parsai

Don’t spend precious time pondering

Don’t spend precious time pondering the past. Leave your old emotional baggage behind, embrace the present and celebrate your existence with a blast.

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Vikrant Parsai

Don’t re-think; pre-think.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

Never measure the height of

Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

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Gene Hackman

Nothing counts so much as

Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)

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Vikrant Parsai

Don’t bury the past if

Don’t bury the past if you have intentions of visiting the grave on its anniversary.

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Vikrant Parsai

Don’t allow problems of the

Don’t allow problems of the past to clog your happiness. Work diligently to unravel yourself from your past history.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

Never look down to test

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only those who keep their eye fixed on the far horizon will find their right road.

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Vikrant Parsai

Does anyone ever lie to

Does anyone ever lie to us more than we lie to ourselves?

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William Saroyan

Good people are good because

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

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Vikrant Parsai

Do you wait until you

Do you wait until you have nothing to lose before you choose?

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Dag Hammarskjöld

The pursuit of peace and

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

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Oprah Winfrey

Every time you state what

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.

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Vikrant Parsai

By doing; you inspire others

By doing; you inspire others to try, so keep doing.

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Khalil Gibran

Love possesses not nor will

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

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Vikrant Parsai

Books are for only those

Books are for only those who can live without television.

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Vikrant Parsai

Beautiful words make beautiful face,

Beautiful words make beautiful face, beautiful manners make beautiful life.

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Anna Lappe

Every time you spend money,

Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.

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