Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.
There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.
To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.
When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.
You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that is cultural, social, political, as well as economic.
Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.
Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.
It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality.
On being invited to the Jaipur Festival, I was naturally nervous about attempting an opening address to such an elite gathering.
Connect with
Login with Facebook