Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Anais Nin: Basis of insincerity
“The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.” —Anais Nin, writer.
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C S Lewis: Sufferings
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others.” —C S Lewis.
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Anne Frank: Woman’s duty
“I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it’s a woman’s duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!” —Anne Frank, diarist (12 Jun 1929-1945).
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Seneca: Higher view
“We must take a higher view of all things, and bear with them more easily: it better becomes a man to scoff at life than to lament over it. Add to this that he who laughs at the human race deserves better of it than he who mourns for it, for the former leaves it…
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C S Lewis: God and everything else
“He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.” —C S Lewis.
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George Saunders: Anything is possible
“Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.” —George Saunders.
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Simon Sinek: Practice
“Optimists have a habit of seeing positive. Pessimists have a habit of seeing negative. All that is required to change a habit is practice.” —Simon Sinek.
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Uta Hagen: Regular
“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular… it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.” —Uta Hagen.
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Betty Williams: Not for killing
“I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.” —Betty Williams, peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 22 May 1943).
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C S Lewis: Mere milk and water
“The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water.” —C S Lewis.
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David Lloyd George: Eloquence
“The finest eloquence is that which gets things done … the worst is that which delays them.” —David Lloyd George, prime minister.
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Thomas Merton: Prayer
“When you’re making love to a girl you don’t spend your time analyzing the color of her hair.” —Thomas Merton.
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William Styron: Great book
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” —William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006).
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Simon Sinek: Honest ones
“The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.” —Simon Sinek.
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Jacques Cousteau: Own stupidity
“No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.” —Jacques Cousteau.
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Thomas Carlyle: Greatest of faults
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.” —Thomas Carlyle, philosopher and historian.
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C S Lewis: Price for free will
“If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will -that is, for making a real world in which creatures can do real good or harm and something of real importance can happen…then we may take it it is worth paying.” —C S Lewis.
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Prince Philip: Red carpet
“The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.” —Prince Philip.
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Clifton Fadiman: Re-read a classic
“When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before.” —Clifton Fadiman, editor and critic (15 May 1904-1999).
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C S Lewis: Cruel and unjust
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” —C S…
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Warren Buffett: Independent of current business outlook
“The decision on the stock market should be made independent of the current business outlook. When you should buy stocks is when you think you’re getting a lot for your money, not necessarily when you think business is going to be good next year.” —-Warren Buffett.
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Winston Churchill: Misfortunes
“Never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse.” —Winston Churchill.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Self-respect
“Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky, writer and philosopher.
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Tim Fargo: Killed, hurt or hated
“Trust gets you killed, love gets you hurt, and being real gets you hated. But without them, you’re already dead.” —Tim Fargo.
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Charlie Munger: Number one idea
“The number one idea is to view a stock as an ownership of the business and to judge the staying quality of the business in terms of its competitive advantage. Look for more value in terms of discounted future cash-flow than you are paying for. Move only when you have an advantage.” —Charlie Munger.
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Simon Sinek: People are still people
“We can learn about our future from our past because, regardless of technology or the speed of innovation, people are still people.” —Simon Sinek.
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Tim Berners-Lee: Control
“The amount of control you have over somebody if you can monitor internet activity is amazing.” —Tim Berners-Lee.
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C S Lewis: Christianity
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” —C S Lewis.
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Nikki Giovanni: Always something to do
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those…
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Natalie Gulbis: When you fail
“When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” —Natalie Gulbis.
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Richard Flanagan: So alone, so frightened
‘Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human? So alone, so frightened, so wanting for what we are afraid to give tongue to.’ —Richard Flanagan.
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Seneca: He who fears death
“He who fears death will never act as becomes a living man: but he who knows that this fate was laid upon him as soon as he was conceived will live according to it, and by this strength of mind will gain this further advantage, that nothing can befall him unexpectedly: for by looking forward…
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Simon Sinek: Prioritize
“Leaders prioritize the well-being of those directly responsible for the company’s success ahead of outsiders who simply profit from it.” —Simon Sinek.
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Fetty Wap: Nothing’s impossible
“Don’t let nobody tell you that you can’t do it. Love what you do until you don’t love it anymore. Nothing’s impossible.” —Fetty Wap.
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Joseph Joubert: Goal
“The goal is not always meant to be reached, but to serve as a mark for our aim.” —Joseph Joubert,essayist.
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Jeff Bezos: Divinely discontent
“One thing I love about customers is that they are divinely discontent. Their expectations are never static—they go up.” —Jeff Bezos.
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Mignon McLaughlin: Kind of love
“The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.” —Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (6 Jun 1913-1983).
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Charlie Munger: Opportunity cost
“One filter that’s useful in investing is the simple idea of opportunity cost. If you have one opportunity that you already have available in large quantity, and you like it better than 98 percent of the other things you see, well, you can just screen out the other 98 percent because you already know something…
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Thomas Mann: Time
“Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.” —Thomas Mann.
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Simon Sinek: Profit and trust
“Profit comes as a result of being good at WHAT we do. Trust comes as a result of being good at WHY we do it.” —Simon Sinek.
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Audrey Hepburn: Face your handicaps
“You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps; don’t try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.” —Audrey Hepburn, actress.
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James Stephens: Curiosity
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” —James Stephens, writer.
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Adam Smith: Great stoical maxim
“One individual must never prefer himself so much even to any other individual, as to hurt or injure that other, in order to benefit himself… and who does not inwardly feel the truth of that great stoical maxim, that for one man to deprive another unjustly of any thing, or unjustly to promote his own…
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C S Lewis: Cunning instead of belief
“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.” —C S Lewis.
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C S Lewis: Clamor of self-will
“When God talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamor of self-will; once they’ve done that, He really gives them back all their personality & boasts (I’m afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves than ever.” —C S Lewis.
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Simon Sinek: Embrace uncertainty
“We crave explanations for most everything, although innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.” —Simon Sinek.
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Mark Wahlberg: Underground
“And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don’t play that… My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.” —Mark Wahlberg.
