Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Thurgood Marshall: Grave threats to liberty
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.” —Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993) .
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Vincent Van Gogh: Paint
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” —Vincent Van Gogh.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky: Lying man
“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist (1821-1881) .
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Haruki Murakami: Run in void
“I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.” —Haruki Murakami.
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Monte Davis: Clear-headedness
“It’s hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clear-headedness that follow a long run.” —Monte Davis in the book, The Joy of Running.
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Elle MacPherson: Peace and serenity
“But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn’t make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won’t be reached by getting thinner or fatter.” —Elle MacPherson.
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Thom Markham: Empathy
“Empathy lies at the heart of 21st century skillfulness in teamwork, collaboration and communication in a diverse world.” —Thom Markham.
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Lady Gaga: Artists and record deals
“A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.” —Lady Gaga.
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Quentin Tarantino: Movies
“Movies are not about the weekend that they’re released, and in the grand scheme of things, that’s probably the most unimportant time of a film’s life.” —Quentin Tarantino.
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Robert H Schuller: Shape your future
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” —Robert H Schuller.
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Michelangelo: Death and love
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” —Michelangelo. 5 of 7 As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. It is well with me…
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Anais Nin: More painful
“And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anais Nin, writer (21 Feb 1903-1977).
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Gloria Steinem: Law and justice
“Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.” —Gloria Steinem.
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Hyemeyohsts Storm: Mouse ways
“This Mouse must give up one of his Mouse ways of seeing things in order that he may grow.” —Hyemeyohsts Storm,writer.
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Harry Houdini: What the mind believes
“What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.” —Harry Houdini.
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Marianne Williamson: Playing small
“Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone, and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give…
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Raphael: Vindictive bandit
“Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty sockets.” —Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino or Raphael.
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Anonymous: Hell
“Somebody once told me the definition of hell: ‘On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.’” — Anonymous.
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Jerry Pinto: Flawed
“It is easier for me to say I am flawed than to admit that someone I love is flawed. It is much worse for a parent. Their children are perfect in their eyes and they want them to be seen as perfect by the rest of the world. Their children are their weakness and what…
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Louis L’Amour: Twice a fool
“A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.” —Louis L’Amour, novelist (22 Mar 1908-1988).
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Louis L’Amour: In mind
“He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.” —Louis L’Amour.
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Ramani Durvasala: Social comparison on steroids
” Social media is social comparison on steroids.” —Ramani Durvasala.
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Martin McGuiness: Different point of view
“In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.” —Martin McGuinness.
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David Rockefeller: Japanese art
“The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.” —David Rockefeller.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Music
“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” —Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Jerry Pinto: Who we really are
“We are none of us who we should be. We know who we can be. We just don’t seem to be that person.” —Jerry Pinto.
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Twinkle Khanna: Undermining
“By calling a woman ‘sexy’ in a working environment, you are undermining everything she has worked for, the stereotypes she has had to break, the pride she takes in her abilities, and the inevitable guilt that she feels about not being home with her children, just to be there in that office, trying to make…
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Twinkle Khanna: ‘Sexy’
”‘Sexy’ is an acceptable compliment within a work environment only if she is a stripper and you are her pimp trying to boost her confidence before she takes the stage.” —Twinkle Khanna.
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Alia Bhatt: Feminism
“Being a feminist is not only limited to girls. Even a man can be a feminist. It is about equality and everyone believes in equality. People usually misunderstand the essence of feminism. It is not about male bashing.” —Alia Bhatt.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Social media
“The good point about social media is you can put your point across. I do find good-thinking, smart, intelligent people going out there and kind of making a fool of themselves by refuting (rumours). You can’t spend your life explaining things and what you feel and what you mean to people.” —Shah Rukh Khan.
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Chuck Berry: Earnest intentions
“It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.” —Chuck Berry.
