Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Ian Fleming: What men want
“Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. ” Ian Fleming
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Cyril Connolly: Love and pain
“There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. ” —Cyril Connolly.
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Adlai E. Stevenson: Perilous circumstances
“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation. ” Adlai E. Stevenson
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Peace Pilgrim: Criterion
“There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace? ”—Peace Pilgrim
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Geoff Arbuthnot: Arrogant and right
“Arrogant and right is surely better than humble and wrong.” Geoff Arbuthnot
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W Somerset Maugham: Gentleman and writer
“It’s very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.” —W Somerset Maugham
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Amy Lee: Right choice?
“If people make fun of you, it probably means you’re doing something right. ” —Amy Lee
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Marc Maron: Integrity
“It’s easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out. ” —Marc Maron.
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Mohandas Gandhi: Wisdom
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ” —Mohandas Gandhi .
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John Steinbeck: Other human beings
“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. ” —John Steinbeck.
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Helder Camara: Hungry communist
When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a communist. –Helder Camara , archbishop (1909-1999)
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Thomas Arnold: Real knowledge
“Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. ” Thomas Arnold
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Spanish proverb: Health
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” —-Spanish proverb.
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Albert J. Nock: Learning and forgetting
“Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. ” —Albert J. Nock.
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Kahlil Gibran: Friendship
“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. ”—Kahlil Gibran.
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Joe Henderson: Being tough
“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.“ —Joe Henderson, running coach and author.
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Peter De Vries: Value of marriage
“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.” —Peter De Vries.
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Confucius: Things past
“Things that are done, it is needless to speak about…things that are past, it is needless to blame.” —Confucius
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A few reasonable words
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832).
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Lopez Lomong: Pure, absolute joy
Today I run for pure, absolute joy! Lopez Lomong, U.S. Olympian and Lost Boy from Sudan
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Doug Larson: Utility, luxury, opulence and paradise
“Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none. ” Doug Larson
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Martin Farquhar Tupper: Tiring adversity
“He who does not tire, tires adversity. ” —Martin Farquhar Tupper.
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David Icke: Madness
“So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way. ” —David Icke.
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Eugene Sue: Virtue
“Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty. ” Eugene Sue Related articles Reading Eugene Peterson(writingsistersblog.wordpress.com)
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Henry Miller: Stifled impulses
“One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ” Henry Miller
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Michel de Montaigne: Firm belief
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.” —Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592).
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Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online
Related articles TED: Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online – Markham Nolan (2012)(ted.com)
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Alfred Austin: Public opinion
“Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. ” Alfred Austin
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Edsger Dijkstra: Computer science
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ” —Edsger Dijkstra.
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Josh Billings: Reason and conscience
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (1818-1885).
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Paul Simon: Serious comedy
“If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ” Paul Simon Related articles Music from the US – Paul Simon(xworldmusic.wordpress.com) Paul Simon: Paul Simon (1972)(reprog.wordpress.com) Paul Simon And Rufus Wainwright…
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Apprehension and reality
“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality. ” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
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Thomas Keneally: Writing
“I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it’s the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers. ” —Thomas Keneally.
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Rollo May: Doubtful commitment
“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt. ” Rollo May Related articles Moving Through Fear(deborahcampbellcoach.com) The 5 Positive Powers of Self-Doubt(empwaynek.wordpress.com)
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Benjamin Cohen: At the end of the day…
“At the end of the day I’m pleased with the site I created. ” Benjamin Cohen
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Mark Twain: Truth and fiction
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” —Mark Twain.
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Adam Smith: Discipline
“The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. ” —Adam Smith Related articles Goal clarity(observer.org.sz) QOTD: Adam Smith on Banking(ritholtz.com) Guest Post: The Dark Age Of Money(zerohedge.com) Elusive ‘wealth of nations’…
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John Erskine: The written and the spoken
“The great men in literature have usually tried to bring the written word into harmony with the spoken, instead of encouraging an exclusive language to write in.” —John Erskine, novelist, poet, and essayist (1879-1951).
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Unknown: Fruit tree in winter
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
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William Least Heat-Moon: Beware…
“Beware thoughts that come in the night. ” —William Least Heat-Moon Related articles Quote of the Day: William Least Heat Moon(allaboardbeat.wordpress.com)
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Olin Miller: What people think
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ” Olin Miller
