Words of Wisdom-102: Jim Rohn

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn, writer and inspiring motivational speaker.

A brief biographical sketch of Jim Rohn:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rohn

About his famous book, "FIVE MAJOR PIECES TO THE LIFE PUZZLE":

Rohn's book Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle, published in 1991, was built around what he considered the five components of success:


Philosophy - how you think
Attitude - how you feel
Action - what you do
Results - measure often to see if you are making progress
Lifestyle - the kind of life you can make for yourself out of the first four pieces


Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

GK-1: World's Top 10 Children-friendly Nations

With 1.25 million infant deaths annually and 42% of the kids being underweight, India has slipped in the area of child well-being in the last 15 years.

1. Japan

2. Spain

3. Germany

4. Italy

5. France

6. Canada

7. Switzerland

8. Norway

9. United Kingdom

10. Netherlands

Grateful thanks to GST Road News (28 July-03 August 2012)

Words of Wisdom-101:

He who opens a school door, closes a prison - Victor Hugo, French Poet, Novelist and Dramatist.


A brief bio of Victor Hugo from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

Full Text of Hugo's most famous books: 


Les Miserables (English translation) from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm

The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2610/2610-h/2610-h.htm

Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-100: Helen Keller

The highest result of education is tolerance - Helen Keller


Her brief bio from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Full Text of Autobiography of Helen Keller from Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/keller/life/life.html

Grateful thanks to The Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-99: Oscar Wilde

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught - Oscar Wilde

A short bio on Oscar Wile from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Links to the various works of Oscar Wilde from Project Gutenberg:

• Ballad of Reading Gaol (English) (as Author)
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol (English) (as Author)
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol (English) (as Author)
• Ballad of Reading Gaol (English) (as Author)
• The Canterville Ghost (English) (as Author)
• The Canterville Ghost (English) (as Author)
• Charmides and Other Poems (English) (as Author)
• La chasse à l'oppossum (French) (as Author)
• Le crime de Lord Arthur Savile (French) (as Author)
• A Critic in Pall Mall
  Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies (English) (as Author)
• De profundis (Dutch) (as Author)
• De Profundis (English) (as Author)
• De Profundis (English) (as Author)
• Derniers essais de littérature et d'esthétique: août 1887-1890 (French) (as Author)
• The Duchess of Padua (English) (as Author)
• Essays and Lectures (English) (as Author)
• For Love of the King
  a Burmese Masque (English) (as Author)
• The Happy Prince and Other Tales (English) (as Author)
• The Happy Prince and Other Tales (English) (as Author)
• The Happy Prince and Other Tales (English) (as Author)
• A House of Pomegranates (English) (as Author)
• An Ideal Husband (English) (as Author)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (English) (as Author)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (English) (as Author)
• Individualisme en socialisme (Dutch) (as Author)
• Intentions (English) (as Author)
• Lady Windermere's Fan (English) (as Author)
• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (English) (as Author)
• La maison de la courtisane
  Nouveaux Poèmes (French) (as Author)
• Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man (English) (as Author)
• Miscellanies (English) (as Author)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (English) (as Author)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (English) (as Author)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (English) (as Author)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (English) (as Author)
• Poèmes (French) (as Author)
• Le portrait de Dorian Gray (French) (as Author)
• Le portrait de monsieur W.H. (French) (as Author)
• Het portret van Dorian Gray (Dutch) (as Author)
• Reviews (English) (as Author)
• La Sainte Courtisane (English) (as Author)
• Salomé (French) (as Author)
• Salomé (French) (as Author)
• Salome en Een Florentijnsch Treurspel (Dutch) (as Author)
• Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde (English) (as Author)
• Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde (English) (as Author)
• Shorter Prose Pieces (English) (as Author)
• The Soul of Man under Socialism (English) (as Author)
• Vera
  or, The Nihilists (English) (as Author)
• A Woman of No Importance (English) (as Author)

Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-98: Albert Einstein

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school - Albert Einstein


Einstein bio from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein


Works by Albert Einstein (public domain in Canada):
http://wikilivres.ca/wiki/Albert_Einstein


The Einstein You Never Knew — slideshow by Life magazine:
http://life.tumblr.com/post/526230217/the-einstein-you-never-knew


Albert Einstein Archives Online (80,000+ Documents)
http://www.alberteinstein.info/


Theory of Relativity Simplified:
http://relativitysimplified.com/

Grateful thanks Wikilivres Canada, Tumblr.com, Albert Einstein.Info, Relativity Simplified.com and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-97:

Genius without education is like silver in the mine - Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States of America, writer,printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat (wow!)


Benjamin Franklin bio from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin


Full Text of Autobiography of Benjmin Franklin from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/148/pg148.html


Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Videos to Watch-11: Practicing English with Yourself - Part 1

Uploaded by EnglishHarmony on Feb 22, 2011

http://englishharmony.com/improve-spoken-english.php Do you lack real-life communication with other English speakers? Are you mostly exposed to passive English language input with very little speaking opportunities? If you want to improve your English fluency, you have to take matters into your own hands and start practicing English with yourself! It's easier than you think, it's efficient and it's going to improve your spoken English big time!


This video has been watched by 108,923 people so far. 

Grateful thanks to English Harmony.com and YouTube.

Words of Wisdom-96: Abraham Lincoln

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next - Abraham Lincoln

A brief bio of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the US from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-95: C.S.Lewis

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts - C. S. Lewis, a novelist, poet, academic,medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland.


To know more about C S Lewis from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis


Full Text of  SPIRITS IN BONDGE, a cycle of lyrics by C.S.Lewis from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2003/2003-h/2003-h.htm

About the world-famous, "Chronicles of Narnia", a series of seven high fantasy novels by C S Lewis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-94: Thomas Jefferson

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both - Thomas Jefferson, third President of the US.


Thomas Jefferson bio from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson


Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For Students-19: Educational Tablet PC from Alphabetics Computer

Alphabetics Computer launching its first Educational Tablet PC, TabGuru.  It will be available in 7-inch and 10-inch screens with Android 4.0.3.  Priced at Rs.9,999 and 14,999, these will be available in a month. The content will be a mix of animation and video.  It will cover from First to 12th standard across SSC, ICSE and CBSE Boards.  Specifications: Weight 345 g, RAM 512 MB and Memory 4 GB. expandable to 32 GB.  The press release also says that each Tab will be preloaded with one standard's curriculum at a time and the cost of reloading content for the next year is Rs.1,000/-.  It has a capacitive screen and can be operated with a fnger.  

For the complete article from The Hindu of July 18, 2012:

http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article3650055.ece

Grateful thanks to The Hindu.