Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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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.
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G K Chesterton: These are the days
“These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.” —G K Chesterton.
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Voltaire: Guilty
“Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.” —Voltaire, philosopher (21 Nov 1694-1778).
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Lester Bangs: Only true currency
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” —Lester Bangs in Almost Famous.
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Robert B Cialdini: Attitude
“Often we don’t realize that our attitude toward something has been influenced by the number of times we have been exposed to it in the past.” ― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.
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Marlo Thomas: Never face facts
“Never face facts, if you do you’ll never get up in the morning.” —Marlo Thomas.
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Horace Mann: Addition to human power
“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.” —Horace Mann, education reformer.
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Warren Buffett: Take the job
“Take the job that you would take if you were independently wealthy.” —Warren Buffett.
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Simon Sinek: Work and passion
“Work is expending effort on things we don’t want to do. Passion is expending energy on things we love to do. The goal is to do no work.” —Simon Sinek.
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Nadine Gordimer: Truth isn’t always beauty
“The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.” —Nadine Gordimer, novelist, Nobel laureate (20 Nov 1923-2014).
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Fr. Ronald Knox: Single visible fellowship
“Anybody who has reached the point of looking round to find a single, visible fellowship of human beings which claims to be the one Church of Christ, has got to become a Catholic or give up his search in despair.” —Fr. Ronald Knox.
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G K Chesterton: Persecution of religion
“The persecution of religion by science has relatively, perhaps, only begun; but it is already at work, in we know not how many obscure cases of pedantry and cruelty. The mystics are very likely to be the martyrs when the psychologists become the kings.” —G K Chesterton.
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G K Chesterton: Rationality and religion
“It is not merely that anything religious may be persecuted on the ground that it is not rational. It is also that anything irrational may be tolerated so long as it is also irreligious. It is only lunacy to assert religion; it is no longer lunacy to deny reason.” —G K Chesterton.
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Warren Buffett: In flux
“Usually if [companies] can gain competitive advantage very quickly, you have to worry about them losing it quickly, too…. When an industry is in flux, there are a lot of people that think they’re the survivors, or the ones that are going to prosper, where it turns out otherwise.” —Warren Buffett (2002).
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Robert F Kennedy: One-fifth
“One-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.” —Robert F Kennedy.
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Will Rogers: People start thinking
“A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.” —Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935).
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Simon Sinek: Clear sense
“When we have a clear sense of where we’re going, we are flexible in how we get there.” —Simon Sinek.
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Charles Dickens: Suffering
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.
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Holmes Rolston III: Destroying species
“Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live.” —Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy (b. 19 Nov 1932).
