Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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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)
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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
