Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Neil Tennant: Ghettoes
“I think there’s an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough. ” —Neil Tennant.
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Maya Angelou: Singing along
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” -Maya Angelou. Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Mann: On writing
“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” —Thomas Mann.
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God and goodness
To suppose that God Almighty has confined his goodness to this world, to the exclusion of all others, is much similar to the idle fancies of some individuals in this world, that they, and those of their communion or faith, are the favorites of heaven exclusively; but these are narrow and bigoted conceptions, which are…
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William Ralph Inge: Christianity
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ” —William Ralph Inge.
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Lou Holtz: Something worthwhile
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity. – Lou Holtz Related articles Who is Lou Holtz? (govigseniorcare.wordpress.com)
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Bertrand Russell: Hang a question mark
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. – Bertrand Russell. Related articles The Value of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) On Intuitive Knowledge by Bertrand Russell (belladeluna.wordpress.com) A Few Minutes with Bertrand Russell (laf.ee) Three Passions of Bertrand…
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Tina Ingegneri: Running
“I just go out there and feel like, ‘This is hard, but this is great.’ I just feel so incredibly alive. And I feel healthy and inspired when I run a race, even if it’s not my best day.” —Tina Ingegneri, Runner’s World Challenger of the Week.
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Quintilian: Write, to not be misunderstood
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us. -Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), rhetorician (c. 35-100)
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Practise
“For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. ” —Pablo de Sarasate
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Unknown: Thinking by the inch
“He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.” —Unknown
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Maori Proverb: Shadows
Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you. —Maori Proverb
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C S Lewis: Peers
“We all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men ‘after our own heart.’ Only they really know our mind and only they judge it by standards we fully acknowledge. Theirs is the praise we really covet and the blame we really dread. The little pockets of early Chrstians survived because they cared…
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Live now
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Ugo Betti: Thought
“Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.”—Ugo Betti
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Chilo: Difficult trio
“The three things most difficult are to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure.” —Chilo.
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Oscar Wilde: Mistakes
“Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.” —Oscar Wilde.
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Joseph Addison: Happiness
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ” Joseph Addison Related articles Some Quotations That Started Me Thinking About Happiness. (happiness-project.com) “I Can Never Get To Bed On Time.” (happiness-project.com) More Inspirational Quotes (redefininggood.wordpress.com) Curiosity (artistoftheeveryday.wordpress.com)
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Anthony Robbins: Crossroads
“You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it.” —Anthony Robbins.
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J R R Tolkien: Not all those who wander are lost
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. ” —J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Albert Einstein: Common sense
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. ” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein Quotes (timehuman.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein can make you better at SEO (skyrocketseo.co.uk) Was Einstein right after all? (rt.com) Alan Turing’s reading list (with readable links) (jgc.org) Albert Einstein: a short biography (telegraph.co.uk) Quote Transmission 001: Einstein and Imagination…
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Robert Morgan: Distance
“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. ” —Robert Morgan Related articles Keep Your Dis___________tance (amberyesha.wordpress.com) The distance I see (nenskeifacestheworld.wordpress.com) Looking From a Distance (liveadayandalife.wordpress.com) Are you willing to heal your wounds? (namasteconsultinginc.com) Why maintaining a distance is necessary for doctors (kevinmd.com)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Love
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Michael J Fox: None of my business
“What other people think about me is not my business. ” —Michael J Fox.
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Herman Hesse: Love of God and good
“Love of God is not always the same as love of good. ” —Herman Hesse.
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Eckhart Tolle: Being good
“You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.” —Eckhart Tolle.
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John Leonard: Moral consciousness
“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” —John Leonard, critic (1939-2008).
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Kahlil Gibran: Knowledge
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. —Kahlil Gibran
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Antoine de Saint Exupéry: Perfection
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. – Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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Arthur Schopenhauer: Hatred and contempt
“Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3092493
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Jim Rohn: Marketplace
“Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace. ” —Jim Rohn.
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Sherlock Holmes: By design
No, Watson, this was not done by accident, but by design. – Sherlock Holmes
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Adlai Stevenson: Freedom
“Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ”—Adlai Stevenson.
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Albert Einstein: Simple and simpler
“Everything should be as simple as possible — but not simpler.” —Albert Einstein. Related articles Albert Einstein Quotes (timehuman.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein’s 10 Biggest Scientific Mistakes [Daily 10] (io9.com) simplicity of form (ifmyeyeswerecameras.wordpress.com) The Day Albert Einstein Died Photos by Ralph Morse (vintage-everyday.blogspot.com) Albert Einstein (Some interesting and revealing incidents) (2motivate.wordpress.com) Extracurricular Activities Rock! Quote from…
