Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Mohammad Ali: Pebble in your shoe
“Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out. It’s the little pebble in your shoe.” ~Mohammad Ali, boxer.
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Yusuf Hamied: AIDS
“AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.” —Yusuf Hamied.
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Zbigniew Seifert: Power
“Information is not power. The ability to withhold it is.” —Zbigniew Seifert.
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St. Francis Xavier: Faith
“It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.” —St. Francis Xavier.
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St. Francis Xavier: Children
“Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.” —St. Francis Xavier.
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William Shakespeare: False quarrels
“In false quarrels there is no true valor.” —William Shakespeare. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/166228564
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Robert A. Heinlein: Creed and law
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. ” —Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988).
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After 30 years, little hope for Bhopal victims and contamination unless Modi intervenes
Originally posted on Riding the Elephant: BHOPAL: India’s central government and the state government of Madhya Pradesh are in denial over the scale of the tragedy that occurred 30 years ago when at least 5,000 people died here in a devastating Union Carbide gas leak that has caused continuing ill health for some 500,000. Neither government…
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Indra Devi: Bad news and husbands
“Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door. ” Indra Devi.
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Don't Allow Them To Hurt You Again
My Positive Outlooks If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time. — Shannon L. Adler View original post
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Oscar Wilde: Money
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde
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Marilyn Ferguson: Fear and freedom
“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. ” Marilyn Ferguson.
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Sunday snicker
Originally posted on Just Cruisin 2: One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The seven-year old had been staring at the plaque…
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Kahlil Gibran: Words
Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness. -Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931).
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Mitch Albom: Getting older
“If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it’s going to happen anyhow. ” Mitch Albom.
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Bernard Meltzer: Talents
“Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best. ” Bernard Meltzer.
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Jeanette Winterson: Getting older
“I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. ” Jeanette Winterson.
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Bob Marley: Color blind
If you’re white and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong; if you’re black and you’re wrong, you’re wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now. Bob Marley
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Enemies
Originally posted on Mindfulbalance: We encounter a lot of “enemies” each day – queues, bad weather, deadlines, meetings that don’t go according to plan, traffic slowing us down when we are in a hurry, people who disagree with us, events we do not like. We instinctively try to avoid, grumble about them and turn them…
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Courage
“A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Benjamin Franklin: Injuries and benefits
“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. ” Benjamin Franklin.
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Anthony de Mello: Hostility and fear
“It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! ” Anthony de Mello.
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Anonymous: Four men
It chanced upon a winter’s night, Safe sheltered from the weather, The board was spread for only one, yet four men dined together. There sat the man I meant to be In glory spurred and booted. And close beside him to the right The Man I am reputed. The Man I thought myself to be…
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Josiah Royce: Errors
“No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already. ” Josiah Royce.
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#4
Originally posted on ChaosToSilence: Story is the symbolized version of the truth … TRUE You can get confused with symbols … TRUE
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Elie Wiesel: Shadows
Most people think that shadows follow, precede, or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928).
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Unknown: Rainbow and the rain
“If you want to have the rainbow, Then sometimes you’re gonna have to deal with the rain.” Unknown
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Knute Rockne: Losers and failures
“Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure. ” Knute Rockne
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Mitch Albom: Culture
“You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. ” Mitch Albom
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Samuel Fuller: Common sense
“We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense. ” Samuel Fuller
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Amos Bronson Alcott: Ignorance
“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. ” Amos Bronson Alcott.
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Louise Bogan: Prolonged childhood
“But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. ” Louise Bogan.
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Sacha Guitry: Serious or witty?
“You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. ” Sacha Guitry.
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Josh Billings: Surprised at nothing
“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. ” Josh Billings.
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Dinesh C. Paliwal: Office Politics
“If you see or smell anything like politics, kill it.” –Dinesh C. Paliwal, CEO of Harman International Industries, as quoted in the New York Times.
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John F. Kennedy: Myth and truth
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ” John F. Kennedy.
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Ralph Marston: Rest and refresh
“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. ” Ralph Marston.
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Charlie Chaplin: Life
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. -Charlie Chaplin, actor, director, and composer (1889-1977).
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George Dennison Prentice: Vanity
“It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. ” —George Dennison Prentice.
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Brit Hume: Fairness
“Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. ” Brit Hume.
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Theodore Roosevelt: Moment of decision
“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is do nothing.” —Theodore Roosevelt.
