Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Jules Renard: Really free
“The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Look for the ridiculous
“Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: When I do not think of myself
“I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Boredom is the only excuse for work
“La peur de l’ennui est la seule excuse du travail. – Boredom is the only excuse for work.” —Jules Renard.
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James Murray: Language
‘Language is mobile and liable to change. It is a free country, and man may call a “vase” a “vawse”, a “vahse”, a “vaze”, or a “vase”, as he pleases. And why should he not? We do not all think alike, walk alike, dress alike, write alike, or dine alike; why should not we use…
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Shirish Kunder: Argument between fools
“In an argument between fools, whoever shouts the loudest, wins.” —Shirish Kunder.
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Jules Renard: Pride least likely to offend
“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Failure
“Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Laziness
“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Literature
“Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.” —Jules Renard.
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Jules Renard: Writing
“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” —Jules Renard.
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George Orwell: Accept, grudgingly and suspiciously
“The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug — that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes.” —George Orwell, novelist (1903-1950).
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Galileo Galilei: In questions of science
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” –Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642).
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John Dryden: For they conquer who believe they can
“For they conquer who believe they can.” —John Dryden.
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William Faulkner: Fear
“Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.” —William Faulkner.
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Thomas Fuller: Enjoy the present
“He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.” —Thomas Fuller.
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D H Lawrence: Real courage
“The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.” —D. H. Lawrence.
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Nicolas Murray Butler: Optimism
“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.” —Nicolas Murray Butler.
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Will & Ariel Durrant: Concentration of wealth
“We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow heartbeat of the social organism, a vast systole and diastole of concentrating wealth and compulsive recirculation.” —Will and Ariel Durant (The Lessons of History).
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Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel and frivolity
“Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.” —Anne Sophie Swetchine.
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Lao Tzu: No fixed plans
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” —Lao Tzu.
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St. Augustine: World, a book
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” – St. Augustine.
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C P Snow: Most ridiculous phrase
“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.” – C. P. Snow.
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Willie Tyler: Isn’t there the second time
“The reason lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn’t there the second time.” – Willie Tyler.
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Hesketh Pearson: Read too widely
“Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.” – Hesketh Pearson.
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Edwin P Whipple: Epigram
“An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.” – Edwin P. Whipple.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Capital mistake
“I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Scott Adams: Make it up
“The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up.” – Scott Adams.
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Eckhart Tolle: Self-observation
“Through self-observation, more presence comes into your life automatically. The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped in it.” —Eckhart Tolle.
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George C Marshall: Revolutionary reversal
“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.” – George C. Marshall.
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Aristotle: Only test of gravity
“Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.” – Aristotle.
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Bertrand Russell: Caution in love
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” – Bertrand Russell.
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William Shakespeare: Not naturally honest
“Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.” – William Shakespeare.
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Dwight D Eisenhower: Intellectual
“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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David Malpass: Debt limit
“The U.S. has a law on the books called the debt limit, but the name is misleading. The debt limit started in 1917 for the purpose of facilitating more national debt, not reducing it. It still serves that purpose. It’s unconnected to spending, hurts our credit rating and has been an abject failure at limiting…
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G K Chesterton: Violent contrast
“As a matter of fact, the more the sexes are in violent contrast the less likely they are to be in violent collision.” —G K Chesterton.
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William Faulkner: Most damnable, damaging thing
“Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.” —William Faulkner.
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John Dryden: For they conquer who believe they can
“For they conquer who believe they can.” —John Dryden.
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Roy L Smith: Believing
“The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else.” —Roy L. Smith.
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Chinese proverb: Don’t accuse the sun of partiality
“Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don’t accuse the sun of partiality.” —Chinese proverb.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Rosalia Castro: Disconsolate or orphaned souls
“All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them; but there is no happy or favorable time for those with disconsolate or orphaned souls.” —Rosalia Castro.
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Jules Renard: Bored with themselves
“When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.” —Jules Renard.
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Dalai Lama: Indication of weakness
“More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.” ~ Dalai Lama.
