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Arun Narain's avatar

"What are you thinking? ...Nothing" is a state that I want to be... so that when my wife asks me that question I need not lie :)

Another famous quote "Nothing is impossible". This one always tickles me cause Nothing is possible, as I've been doing nothing for the last couple of weeks.

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Ashvini Ranjan's avatar

On reading your FC 94, Alexa this morning reminded of Mark Zuckerbug famous quote

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” And another by Jim Rohn “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” But in Hindu Philosophy, when something seems to come from nothing, we attribute it to good deeds done in the past life ! By writing this, I hope I am making you a little happy hoping it pays off in the next ‘Innings’ 😊 This cup of FC was just right. Not too thick and not too heavy like a few brews before !

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Tarun Kunzru's avatar

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.... Newtons third law

Cause and effect are mostly demonstrated in our lives. Confusion happens on two accounts. - 1)Time delays, so impossible to directly connect cause and effect 2) Outcomes not always commensurate with our efforts

There is the other aspect of Randomness of nature. As we are a miniscule part of a much bigger system we can't quite understand this randomness from our limited situation. For example - Mutation which is the single biggest contribution to evolution is random.

In other words we can only try our best.... If you don't buy a lottery ticket you can't hope to win a lottery!

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NISHA's avatar

Thought provoking, Prasanna. Lots of nothing quotes Nothing ventured nothing gained. In the beginning there was nothing, etc.

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M R Prasanna's avatar

Thank you Nisha.

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