Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Shaftesbury: Humor and gravity
“It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.” Shaftesbury
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Ideas
“There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas. ” Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Denis Waitley: Smile
“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. ” Denis Waitley.
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James Randi: Smart people
“People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.” —James Randi
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Jerry Rubin: Men, the weaker sex
“Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex. ” —Jerry Rubin
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Arab proverb: Kindness
“Blessed is he who speaks a kindness thrice blessed is he who repeats it.” Arab Proverb
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Unknown: Walls
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” -Unknown
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George Meredith: Truth
“But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it The diverse things they see.” George Meredith. Embed from Getty Images
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Friedrich Nietzsche : Extreme positions
“Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions. ” —Friedrich Nietzsche
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Dorothy Thompson: Fear
Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light. —Dorothy Thompson. Embed from Getty Images
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Stephen Neill: Second-rate art of imitation
“The bad teacher imposes his ideas and his methods on his pupils, and such originality as they may have is lost in the second-rate art of imitation.” Stephen Neill.
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Adele Faber: Parenting
“I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own. ” —Adele Faber. Embed from Getty Images
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Neil Gaiman: Walk that road to the end
All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show…
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Raymond Thornton Chandler: Science and art
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps…
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Confucius: Quick or slow?
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. Confucius
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William Shakespeare: This above all…
“This above all; to thine own self be true. “ —William Shakespeare.
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George Crook: Secure food
“When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says. ” —George Crook.
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Lily Tomlin: Deep need to complain
“Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. ” —Lily Tomlin.
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Bryant McGill: Love and forgiveness
“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” -Bryant McGill
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Albert Einstein: God does not play dice
At any rate, I am convinced that he [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein Source: http://quotes4all.net/quote_901.html [Powered by QuotesPlugin v1.0 for Windows Live Writer]
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Ted Allen: Process rather than results
“I am much more interested in the process than results. ” —Ted Allen
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George Savile: Cheating
“Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it. ” —George Savile
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Jason Mraz: No secrets anymore
“I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there’s no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be. ” —Jason Mraz.
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J K Rowling: Potter books
The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry, and I think it’s one of the reasons that some people don’t like the books, but I think that it’s a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and…
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Hannah More: Idleness
“Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper. ” Hannah More
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Pema Chodron: Nothing ever goes away
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. —Pema Chodron
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Violence and non-violence
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ” —Mohandas Gandhi.
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Charles Schwab: Greatest asset
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab. Embed from Getty Images
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Buddha: Road To Truth
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. —Buddha. Embed from Getty Images
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Nuisances and Occupations
“A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.” —Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Abraham Lincoln: Important principles
“Important principles may and must be inflexible.” —Abraham Lincoln
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Blaise Pascal: Limits
“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.” —Blaise Pascal.
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Harmon Killebr: Power
“I didn’t have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power. ” —Harmon Killebr
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John Stuart Mill : Belief Versus Interest
“One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interest. ” John Stuart Mill.
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Margaret Fuller: Knowledge
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. —Margaret Fuller
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Alex Tan: Tears
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” -Alex Tan
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Natalie Babbitt: Interesting and not
Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn’t. —Natalie Babbitt.
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Kinky Friedman: Humility and cockiness
If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There’s always time to be humble later, once you’ve been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong. —Kinky Friedman.
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Robert Frost: Fire and ice
“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.” ~ Robert Frost.
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John Updike: Leaders
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ” John Updike.http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/525759159
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Francis Bacon: Knowledge and human power
“Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ” —Francis Bacon
