Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Miguel de Cervantes: Self-deceit
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. -Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616) Embed from Getty Images
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Golda Meir: Absurdity
I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism. -Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister (1898-1978)
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Piet Hein: Late for the previous, early for the next
It ought to be plain / how little you gain / by getting excited / and vexed. / You’ll always be late / for the previous train, / and always in time / for the next. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
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Samuel Johnson: Two kinds of knowledge
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784).
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John Gilmore: Net and censorship
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. -John Gilmore, software engineer and activist (b. 1957)
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Samuel Butler: Self-portrait
“Every man’s work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.” —Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)
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Eric Hoffer: Nationalist pride
Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. -Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983)
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William Proxmire: Power
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. –William Proxmire, US senator, reformer (1915-2005) Embed from Getty Images
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Blaise Pascal: Different meanings, different effects
Image via Wikipedia “Words differently arranged have different meanings, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.” —Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662) .
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Robert Frost: Poetry
“I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” —Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963).
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Anonymous: A smile is a curve that sets everything straight
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” ~Anonymous.
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Billings Learned Hand: Words are chameleons
“Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. “ —Billings Learned Hand, jurist (1872-1961)..
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Anatole France: Average men and lives
“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.” —Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/463960493
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr: Superstition
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, poet, novelist, essayist,…
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Sydney J. Harris: Elitism
“Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.” —Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986).
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William Hazlitt: Familiarity, contempt and admiration
“Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.” —William Hazlitt, essayist (1778-1830).
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Judy Garland: One man
“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” —Judy Garland, actress and singer (1922-1969).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Solitude
Image via Wikipedia “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882).
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Albert Camus: Last Judgement
“Don’t wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day.” —Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960).
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Anton Chekhov: A life of art
Image via Wikipedia “If you want to work on your art, work on your life.” —Anton Chekhov, short-story writer and dramatist (1860-1904).
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Lazare Hippolyte Carnot: Clamor and suffering
In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering: in a despotic state there is little complaint but much suffering. -Lazare Hippolyte Carnot, statesman (1801-1888)
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Jane Welsh Carlyle: Injustice
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor. -Jane Welsh Carlyle, letter writer (1801-1866) Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Carruthers: Progressively unnecessary
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. -Thomas Carruthers
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Bill Bryson: Language
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. –Bill Bryson, author (b. 1951) Embed from Getty Images
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P J O’Rourke: Shame, humiliation and publicity
“You can’t shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.” —P.J. O’Rourke, writer (b. 1947).
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Unknown: Battle between two wolves
Image via Wikipedia One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that was going on inside himself. He said, “My son, it is between two wolves. One is evil: anger, envy,sorrow,regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity,guilt,resentment,inferiority,lies, false pride,superiority,and ego. The other is good: joy, peace,love, hope,serenity,humility,kindness,benevolence,empathy,generosity,truth, compassion,and faith.” The grandson thought about it for…
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Joseph Conrad: Foes and friends
Embed from Getty Images You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends. -Joseph Conrad, novelist (1857-1924)
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John Lubbock: What we see
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” ~ John Lubbock, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk, Growing Up
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Mark Twain: Royal insult
“The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.” —Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910).
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Jascha Heifetz: Arguments
Image via Wikipedia No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. –Jascha Heifetz, violinist (1901-1987)
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Kitaro Nishada: Child’s heart
”If my heart can become pure and loving, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.” ~ Kitaro Nishada, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grand and Great
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Donald Trump Jr: Work, time, effort and performance
“Regardless of what someone’s level of education or talent may be, if you are willing to work hard and invest the time and effort necessary to hone your skills, then you can almost always outperform the gifted individuals who are not willing to work.” ~ Donald Trump Jr, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Extraordinary Teens
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Cicero: Six mistakes of man
Image via Wikipedia “The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of…
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Emily Kimbrough: Hand in hand
”Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” ~ Emily Kimbrough, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad
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Charles Dickens: Bad men
“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” —Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2665984
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Swami Sivananda: Smallest acts
Image by Enokson via Flickr “Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” ~ Swami Sivananda, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad
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Peter Winbrow: Guy in the glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, And the world makes you “King For A Day”,” Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that guy has to say. For it isn’t your Father or Mother or Wife Who judgment upon you must pass, The feller whose…
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Norman Vincent Peale: Forget age
Image via Wikipedia “Live your life and forget your age.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale.
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Laurence J Peter : The boy you were
Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? –Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (1919-1990)
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Mason Cooley: Predominance
“As equality increases,so does the number of people struggling for predominance.” —Mason Cooley.
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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe
Image via Wikipedia “A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.” —Demosthenes (c. 384–322 B.C.), Greek orator. Third Olynthiac, sct. 19 (349 B.C.).
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Margaret Millar: Reading between the lines
Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don’t read the lines. -Margaret Millar, novelist (1915-1994).
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Doug Larson: Cat, a man’s best friend?
Embed from Getty Images “The cat could very well be man’s best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.” ~Doug Larson, quoted in “What I Learned from the Cat” Embed from Getty Images Related articles by Zemanta I Order You To…….. (everydaygyaan.com) Investing Quote (linusfernandes.com) Loving Quote (linusfernandes.com) Hard Work Quote (linusfernandes.com)
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Charles Caleb Colton: Closet or cloister thoughts
Some men of a secluded and studious life have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that have agitated courts and revolutionized kingdoms; like the moon which, though far removed from the ocean, and shining upon it with a serene and sober light, is the chief cause of all those…
