Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Bishop Robert South: Truth’s credibility
“Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. ” —Bishop Robert South.
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Peter Lynch: Human nature
“It’s human nature to keep doing something as long as it’s pleasurable and you can succeed at it – which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.” —Peter Lynch.
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Unknown: What we need to learn
“What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.” -Unknown
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Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let’s hope it’s a good one Without any fear. War is over, If you want it — War is over now. ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~
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Unknown: Friends
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.
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Charles Dickens: Laughter and good humor, to all
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humor. —Charles Dickens, in “A Christmas Carol”
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Joseph McCabe: Law of nature
A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a “bundle of facts.” Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the “law” because they act in that way. ~ Joseph McCabe.
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Lao Tzu: Path with a heart
“There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.” ––Lao Tzu.
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Emil Zatopek: Experience, a marathon
“If you want to win a race try the 100 meter. If you want to win an experience try the marathon. ” —Emil Zatopek. Embed from Getty Images
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Benjamin Franklin: Sloth versus industry
“Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Nelson Mandela: Liberation from fear
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108432562 As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. < p align=”justify”>—Nelson Mandela
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Blaise Pascal: Contradiction
“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. ” —Blaise Pascal
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Christopher Hitchens: Beware the irrational
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and…
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Albert Einstein: Stupidity and genius
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ” —Albert Einstein.
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Helen Rowland: Marriages and divorces
“France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are “made in America.” ” —Helen Rowland
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Plato: Knowledge acquisition
“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” —Plato.
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Samuel Johnson: Change
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. —Samuel Johnson. Embed from Getty Images
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Owen D. Young: Creating and proving
“It takes vision and courage to create – it takes faith and courage to prove. ” —Owen D. Young. Embed from Getty Images
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Startling mind
“A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/167160315
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William Scolavino: Height of accomplishments
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions. —William Scolavino.
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Confucius: Character
“Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.” —Confucius. Embed from Getty Images
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Lance Armstrong: Pain
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ” —Lance Armstrong.
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May Sarton: Articulation
“The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become. ” —May Sarton.
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Nora Ephron: Men who cry
“Beware of men who cry. It’s true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own. ” —Nora Ephron.
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Ali ibn Abi Taleb: Too hard, too soft
“Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. ” —Ali ibn Abi Taleb
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Clement Atlee: Democracy
“Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. ” Clement Attlee
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Chuang Tzu: Flow
Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centred by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. —Chuang Tzu
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Bram Stoker: Records
Nothing is too small. I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success! ~ Bram Stoker.
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Charles Dickens: Do unto others
“Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should.” —Charles Dickens. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/102522300
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John Lennon: Dreamer
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope someday you will join us, and the world will live as one.” —John Lennon.
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St. Francis of Assisi: Pardoning
“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. ” —St. Francis of Assisi.
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Raymond Chandler: Writing for publication
“The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication. ” —Raymond Chandler. Embed from Getty Images
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Gustave Flaubert : Worth of a man
“You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. ” —Gustave Flaubert.
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St. Francis of Assisi: Instrument of thy peace
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. ” —St. Francis of Assisi.
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Robert MacNeil: Opinion
“I’m happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it’s necessary. ” —Robert Macneil
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Whittaker Chambers: Tragedy
“Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy – not defeat or death. ” —Whittaker Chambers.
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Douglas Coupland: Rationalisation
“Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.” —Douglas Coupland.
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Donnie Wahlberg: Image is being ourselves
“It’s not hard to keep up the image we chose. It’s not hard to stay yourselves. ” —Donnie Wahlberg.
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Ramakrishna: Work
“Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. ” —Ramakrishna.
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Ron White: Today and tomorrow
“I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow. ” —Ron White.
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Don Marquis: Ancestors
“I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.” ~Don Marquis. Embed from Getty Images
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Sid Caesar: Comedy
Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. -Sid Caesar, actor and writer (b. 1922)
