Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

Ten Commandments of Wisdom

Harvard University Council

People are illogical and self-centered.
Love them any way.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good any way.

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed any way.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good any way.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank any way.

The biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by smallest minds.
Think big any way.

People favour underdogs, but follow only the topdogs.
Fight for a few underdogs any way.

People really need help, but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people any way.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build any way.

Give the World the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth.
Give the World the best you have any way.

            –Collected by Dr. R. Seshadri Naidu, Director, UGC – Academic Staff College, S. V. University, Tirupati.

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