Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Cornelia Funke: Reading
“I don’t like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things. ” —Cornelia Funke.
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John Gregory Dunne: Violence
“Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field.” John Gregory Dunne, Nothing Lost Related articles The Problem of Pricing(theonlinephotographer.typepad.com)
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Martin Luther: Obedience
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow. – Martin Luther
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Jeff Melvoin: Possession
“What is it about possessing things Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do We’ve all been there– you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do…
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Kahlil Gibran: The just and the merciful
“The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. ” —Kahlil Gibran.
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Daniel T. Hendrix: Reinvent yourself
You have to keep reinventing yourself in this world.” — Daniel T. Hendrix, president and CEO of Interface, as quoted in the New York Times
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Thomas Fuller: Friends
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.” —Thomas Fuller.
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Eric Lindros: Practice
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.” —Eric Lindros.
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Charles M. Allen: Friends
“You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you. ” —Charles M. Allen
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Georgia O'Keefe: Flowers and friends
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. ” —Georgia O’Keefe.
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Charley Reese: Boomerang
“If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. ” Charley Reese
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Jean P.F Richter: Humanity
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. – Jean P.F Richter
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Alfred North Whitehead: Acts
“Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice. ” Alfred North Whitehead
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Wilma Rudolph: Human spirit
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. Wilma Rudolph, track athlete Related articles Three sportspersons who battled health issues to become the best in the world(sportskeeda.com)
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Abraham Lincoln: Cowards
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Clive Staples Lewis: Friendship
“Friendship is not necessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” —Clive Staples Lewis.
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Thomas Berger: Arguments and sides
“No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ” Thomas Berger Related articles What Are Animals For?(urchinmovement.com)
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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe, easily
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ” —Demosthenes.
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Blaise Pascal: Reasonable
“There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Miguel Angel Ruiz: Don't Take Anything Personally
“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. ” Miguel Angel Ruiz
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Anon: Never assume
“Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.” Anon. Related articles Assuming that I…(jestingsandthings.com)
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Anton Chekhov: What wears you out?
“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. ” —Anton Chekhov.
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Henry Rutgers: Studies and education
“Don’t let your studies interfere with your education. ” Henry Rutgers
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Jessamyn West: Forgiveness
“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.” —Jessamyn West.
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Bible: Work of righteousness
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” Bible Related articles Perfect Righteousness(iaminhim.wordpress.com) The Key To Effective Prayer(bummyla.wordpress.com) The Rest of Your Life(samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com) What Creates Thirst, Evans Olang(magnifyhisword.wordpress.com) If I justify myself.(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) Righteousness(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) A Ministry of Restoration — Thoughts for Ash Wednesday(bobcornwall.com)
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Lord Byron: Words
“Words are things; and a small drop of ink / Falling like dew upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” —Lord Byron, (1788-1824).
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Blaise Pascal: Friendship
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Josephine Silva Zimmermann: Friends
“I always thought loving someone is the greatest feeling, but I realized that loving a friend is even better. We lose people we love, but i never lose true friends.” Josephine Silva Zimmermann
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Rene Descartes: Joy and sorrow
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.” Rene Descartes
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German proverb: Change
To change and to change for the better are two different things. – German proverb.
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Robert Burton: Old friends, bitter enemies
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.” —Robert Burton.
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Michael Novak: Love
“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.”—Michael Novak.
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Lukas Foss: Love
“There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one’s identity by falling in love. ” Lukas Foss
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Oswald Chambers: Repentance
“It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realize what God has done in Christ Jesus.” —Oswald Chambers.
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Leo Buscaglia: Perfect love
“Perfect love is rare indeed – for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.” —Leo…
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Anne Rice: Words
I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them. —Anne Rice Related articles Second Anniversary of the demise of my late wife Ang Saw Ai(lspeng1951.wordpress.com) Anne Rice and the Movies – A wish list(examiner.com) Why I write the…
