Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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G K Chesterton: Dogmatic without knowing it
“The special mark of the modern world is not that it is skeptical, but that it is dogmatic without knowing it.” —G K Chesterton.
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G K Chesterton: Arguing versus quarreling
“People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. And it is extraordinary to notice how few people in the modern world can argue. This is why there are so many quarrels, breaking out again and again, and never coming to any natural end.” —G K Chesterton.
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Pico Iyer: Answerlessness
“Young societies, like young men, seek an answer for everything; older ones know that they’re obliged to live in a state of answerlessness.” —Pico Iyer.
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Rita Mae Brown: Reward for conformity
“The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.” —Rita Mae Brown, writer (b. 28 Nov 1944).
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G K Chesterton: Irreligion
“The truth is that Irreligion is the opium of the people. Wherever the people do not believe in something beyond the world, they will worship the world. But, above all, they will worship the strongest thing in the world.” —G K Chesterton.
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John Galliano: Don’t know how to handle it
“Men don’t want another man to look at their woman because they don’t know how to handle it.” —John Galliano.
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Simon Sinek: Giving
“The more one gives, the better one feels, and the better one feels, the easier it becomes to give.” —Simon Sinek.
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Simon Sinek: True friend
“A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.” —Simon Sinek.
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Bruce Lee: Use only that which works
“Use only that which works and take it from any place you can find it.” —Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor (27 Nov 1940-1973).
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Warren Buffett: Best mechanism you can have
“What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact…. That is a talent everyone seems to have mastered. And how do we guard ourselves against it? Well, we don’t achieve it perfectly. I mean, Charlie and I have made big mistakes because, in effect,…
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Thomas Kempis: Philosophy
“Philosophy will be less consolation to you than a good clean conscience, and all the treasures on earth won’t outweigh the contempt of riches.” —Thomas Kempis.
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Fr. Ronald Knox: Modern mind cannot accept it
“The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but simply, that the modern mind cannot accept it.” —Fr. Ronald Knox.
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Eric Hoffer: Movement, business, racket
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” ― Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time.
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G K Chesterton: Revolution
“No man has ever seen a revolution. Mobs pouring through the palaces, blood pouring down the gutters, the guillotine lifted higher than the throne, a prison in ruins, a people in arms — these things are not revolution, but the results of revolution.” —G K Chesterton.
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Charles A Beard: Mad with power
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power.” —Charles A Beard.
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Angela Carter: Scars in our culture
“It’s one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves.” —Angela Carter, writer.
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George Moore: In search
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” —George Moore, writer.
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Simon Sinek: Magical partnership
“It is the magical partnership of the person with their head in the clouds and the person with their feet on the ground that creates progress.” —Simon Sinek.
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Charles Schultz: Best theology
“The best theology is probably no theology; just love one another.” —Charles Schulz, cartoonist (26 Nov 1922-2000).
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Pico Iyer: Only privacy makes us happy
“So many of us hunger more and more for publicity even though it’s only privacy that really makes us happy.” —Pico Iyer.
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Bruce Paltrow: Homogenized
“Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.” —Bruce Paltrow.
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Simon Sinek: In costume
“The ones among us who are truly in costume are those who lie, fake and hide. Our lives change for the better when we realize that we don’t have to know everything and we don’t have to pretend we do.” —Simon Sinek.
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Earl Nightingale: Am I mass-motivated?
“Am I motivated by what I really want out of life — or am I mass-motivated?” —Earl Nightingale.
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Goethe: Just as wise as formerly
“I’ve studied now Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Medicine, And even, alas! Theology All through and through with ardour keen! Here now I stand, poor fool, and see I’m just as wise as formerly.” —Goethe (1808).
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Don’t complain too loud
“Don’t complain too loud about wrongs done you; you may give ideas to your less imaginative enemies.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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C S Lewis: We need not despair
“We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.” —C S Lewis.
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G K Chesterton: Progressive Movement
‘I have never been able to make out what the Progressive Movement is, except that it is rather like a policeman who always tells people to “move on,” without telling them where to go.’ —G K Chesterton.
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Poul Anderson: Still more complicated
“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated.” —Poul Anderson.
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G K Chesterton: Not necessarily a good man
‘The word “good” has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of 500 yards I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.’ —G K Chesterton.
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Stewart Brand: New technology
“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller you’re part of the road.” —Stewart Brand.
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Morgan Freeman: Jealousy
“Jealousy is a good indication that you are doing things the right way. People never get jealous of losers.” —Morgan Freeman.
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Thomas Merton: Pains are prayers
“Pains are prayers in proportion as you shut up about them.” —Thomas Merton.
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Henry David Thoreau: Methinks
“Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow.” —Henry David Thoreau.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux: Who is content with nothing
“Who is content with nothing possesses all things.” —Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, poet (1 Nov 1636-1711).
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G K Chesterton: The whole object
“The whole object of real art, of real romance — and, above all, of real religion — is to prevent people from losing the humility and gratitude which are thankful for daylight and daily bread; to prevent them from regarding daily life as dull or domestic life as narrow…” —G K Chesterton.
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C S Lewis: Give thanks
“We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.” —C S Lewis.
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Robert B Cialdini: When uncertainty reigns
“In general, when we are unsure of ourselves, when the situation is unclear or ambiguous, when uncertainty reigns, we are most likely to look to and accept the actions of others as correct.” —Robert B. Cialdini.
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Gilbert Parker: No refuge from memory and remorse
“There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.” —Gilbert Parker.
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Bertrand Russell: Greatest of political goods
“Freedom is the greatest of political goods.” —Bertrand Russell, philosopher.
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Simon Sinek: Giving
“Giving is sometimes as simple as saying thank you to someone. Let’s all give a little more.” —Simon Sinek.
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Josh Wolfe: Resilience
“Progress often comes from people who often came from life-circumstances that seemed impossible…. People who because of adversity, not in spite of it, have an inextinguishable flame that gets lit. This propulsive force—resilience—that against the seemingly impossible makes great achievement inevitable. And it makes the bad stuff of great adversity often lead to the good…
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Steve Jobs: Already naked
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.” —Steve Jobs.
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G K Chesterton: Worst moment for an atheist
“The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank.” —G K Chesterton.
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Bob Marley: Always tell someone how you feel
“Always tell someone how you feel, because opportunities are lost in the blink of an eye, and regret can last for a lifetime.” —Bob Marley.
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Charles de Gaulle: Patriotism and nationalism
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first, nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” —Charles de Gaulle.
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Robert Sapolsky: Science
“Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.” —Robert Sapolsky, biologist.
