Author: LINUS FERNANDES
-
Warren Buffett: Greed and fear
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. ” Warren Buffett.
-
Edwin Markham: Good deeds
“A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need. ” Edwin Markham.
-
Samuel Goldwyn: Applause
“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. ” Samuel Goldwyn.
-
Ralph W. Trine: Faith
“Faith is an invisible and invincible magnet, and attracts to itself whatever it fervently desires and calmly and persistently expects. ” Ralph W. Trine.
-
N.H. Kleinbaum: Language
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavour, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.” ― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead…
-
Kahlil Gibran: Children
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may…
-
Excerpt from "Detective's Log."
Originally posted on A Narcissist Writes Letters, To Himself: I’ve added a new page to this blog. This is a longer work that is still in progress, but I thought it would be fun to try releasing something in a serialized fashion. I will add a chapter every week on Thursdays. You can read the…
-
Leo Buscaglia: Freedom
“If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. ” Leo Buscaglia.
-
Victoria Pratt: Character and response
“I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it’s quick action and no fear, and sometimes it’s irrational fear. You don’t always know. ” Victoria Pratt.
-
Mark Harmon: Good words and good work
“It’s a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people. ” Mark Harmon.
-
William Cartwright: Sparrow
“Tell me not of joy: there’s none Now my little sparrow’s gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! ” William Cartwright.
-
Venezuelan Proverb: Blood and virtue
“Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.” Venezuelan Proverb.
-
Plato: Harm and good
“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. ” Plato. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/159373629
-
Lady Bird Johnson: Committees and flames
“Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame. ” Lady Bird Johnson.
-
Nigella Lawson: Grief
“You don’t go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. ” Nigella Lawson
-
Maxim Gorky: Happiness
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. ” Maxim Gorky
-
Cyril Connolly: Hate and fear
“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. ” —Cyril Connolly.
-
Tennessee Williams: Human heart
“What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. ” Tennessee Williams.
-
Louis de Bernieres: Civilization
“The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.” —Louis de Bernieres, novelist (b. 1954). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/113423778
-
Lionel Messi: Instinct
“I never think about the play or visualise anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.” ~Lionel Messi. Embed from Getty Images
-
Jim Rohn: Easy stuff
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” —Jim Rohn.
-
Anthony Bourdain: Omelette
“The way you make an omelette reveals your character.” ~Anthony Bourdain. Embed from Getty Images
-
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.
-
Yusuf Hamied: AIDS
“AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.” —Yusuf Hamied.
-
Zbigniew Seifert: Power
“Information is not power. The ability to withhold it is.” —Zbigniew Seifert.
-
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.
-
St. Francis Xavier: Children
“Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.” —St. Francis Xavier.
-
William Shakespeare: False quarrels
“In false quarrels there is no true valor.” —William Shakespeare. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/166228564
-
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).
-
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…
-
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.
-
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
-
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
-
Marilyn Ferguson: Fear and freedom
“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. ” Marilyn Ferguson.
-
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…
-
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).
-
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.
-
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.
-
Jeanette Winterson: Getting older
“I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. ” Jeanette Winterson.
-
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
-
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…
-
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Courage
“A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
