Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Anne McCaffrey: Compassionate judgment
“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” —Anne McCaffrey, writer (1 Apr 1926-2011).
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Herman Hesse: Changing fortune
“I have always believed and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” ~Herman Hesse.
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Giorgos Seferis: Literary lion
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.” —Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (13 Mar 1900-1971).
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Flannery O’Connor: Truth
“Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” —Flannery O’Connor, writer (25 Mar 1925-1964).
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Yip Harburg: Kisses and fools
“O innocent victims of Cupid, / Remember this terse little verse: / To let a fool kiss you is stupid, / To let a kiss fool you is worse.” —Yip Harburg, lyricist (8 Apr 1896-1981).
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Richard Dawkins: Simply wrong
“When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.” —Richard Dawkins, biologist and author (b. 26 Mar 1941).
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Mark Haddon: Comedy and darkness
“Humour and high seriousness… Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable.” —Mark Haddon.
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Mark Haddon: Insights
“No one wants to know how clever you are. They don’t want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.” —Mark Haddon.
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Alfred de Vigny: History
“History is a novel whose author is the people.” —Alfred de Vigny, poet, playwright, and novelist (27 Mar 1797-1863).
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Harvey Fierstein: Define yourself
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” — Harvey Fierstein, actor and writer.
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Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin: Tomorrow
“The sun’ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There’ll be sun!” –“Tomorrow” from ANNIE, by Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin.
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Vincent van Gogh: Blazing hearth
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” —Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890).
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Margaret Mitchell: Life
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” ― Margaret Mitchell.
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Tom Lehrer: Bad weather
“Bad weather always looks worse through a window.” —Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter and mathematician (b. 9 Apr 1928).
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George Eliot: Roses
“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.” ― George Eliot.
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Douglas Fairbanks: Fear and failure
“In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear comes with the thought of failure.” ~Douglas Fairbanks.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux: Attach yourself
“Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.” — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, poet and literary critic. Embed from Getty Images
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Confucius: Goals and steps
“When it is obvious that the goal cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” —Confucius.
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Philip Roth: Conversation
“Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets; they’re little gifts, containing meanings!” ~Philip Roth.
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Sigmund Freud: Founder of civilization
“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” —Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (6 May 1856-1939). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107875010
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Richard Bach: Next world
“We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.” ~Richard Bach.
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Emile Zola: Fate of animals
“The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.” —Emile Zola, writer (2 Apr 1840-1902).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lengthened shadow
“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882).
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Edward Everett Hale: Trouble
“Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds — all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.” —Edward Everett Hale, author (3 Apr 1822-1909).
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Arianna Huffington: Success and failure
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes but—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ~Arianna Huffington.
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William Ellery Channing: Books
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. -William Ellery Channing, clergyman and writer (7 Apr 1780-1842).
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Bob Goff: Love and acceptance
“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.” —Bob Goff.
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Susanna Kaysen: Crazy
“Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is … Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret. Its you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever…” —Susanna Kaysen.
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Shams Tabrizi: Faces, characters and names
“We all have different faces, characters and names. If god wanted us to be all same, he would have done it.” —Shams Tabrizi.
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Shannon L. Alder: Cruel and kind people
“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.” ― Shannon L. Alder.
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John Updike: Books
“Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.” —John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009).
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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: Character
“If you are well-disposed towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit good character. But , if you behave well with those holding divergent views from you, then you have an excellent character.” —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
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Philip Roth: Giving
“It’s best to give while your hand is still warm.” —Philip Roth, novelist (b. 19 Mar 1933).
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Ansel Adams: Sharp image, fuzzy concept
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” — Ansel Adams, photographer.
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Fred Rogers: Heroes
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” —Fred Rogers, television host, songwriter, and author (20 Mar 1928-2003).
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Sunny Leone: Critics
“When people say mean things about you, punch you, and push you, and if you fall down, you have to get up and come back with a smile on your face.” —Sunny Leone.
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Erich Fromm: Revolutionary
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.” —Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980).
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Michael Bassey Johnson: Pity
“When you marry a woman out of pity, then its a pity that you’ll send her away very soon.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poetry
“Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and painter (b. 24 Mar 1919).
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Harsha Bhogle: Need to be offended
“The one thing that unites all faiths and religions in India is the need to be offended.” —Harsha Bhogle.
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Yogi Berra: Four or six
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” —Yogi Berra.
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Richelle E. Goodrich: Walk with me
“Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year.
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Yogi Berra: Theory and practice
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” —Yogi Berra.
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Wayne Gerard Trotman: Pride and pity
“Beware pride; it would have us seek revenge from those most deserving of our pity.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman, Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest.
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Pity
“Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.” ― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia.
