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Cassandra Clare: Inner pain
“I’m sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.” ― Cassandra Clare. Embed from Getty Images
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Valson Thampu: College admissions
“It is absolutely certain an Albert Einstein or a Max Planck would not make the grade today for college admissions.” ~Valson Thampu.
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Rene Dubos: Human diversity
“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.” ~Rene Dubos.
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Gottfried Leibniz: Two kinds of truth
“There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible.” ~Gottfried Leibniz. Embed from Getty Images
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Oscar Wilde: Everything
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.” — Oscar Wilde,writer.
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Igor Stravinsky: Silence
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971).
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Ban Ki-moon: Yoga
“Yoga does not discriminate…all people can practise, regardless of their relative strength, age or ability.” ~Ban Ki-moon.
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E M Forster: Individual club
“Individually it knew better; as a club it declined to change.” ~E M Forster.
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Daichi-zenji: Pitcher containing the moon
“I burn incense and sit alone in zazen under a tall pine tree. Wind blows cold dew and wets my robe. In the fifth watch, I get up, go down to the two ravines, And bring back a pitcher containing the moon.” Daichi-zenji (1290-1366) translated by Dainin Katagiri and Nonin Chowaney.
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Steve Jobs: Limited
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow…
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Fr. Simon Borges: Psychology and confession
“The real father of psychology is the man, who invented confession because he understood the value of unburdening oneself.” ~Fr. Simon Borges. Embed from Getty Images
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Cheryl Hughes: Undiscovered lies
“The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. They erode our strength, our self-esteem, our very foundation.” ~Cheryl Hughes, author.
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Bella Lewitsky: Deeply rooted
To move freely you must be deeply rooted. – Bella Lewitsky, dancer (13 Jan 1916-2004).
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St. Anthony of Padua: Body, Soul and God
“The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.” – St Anthony.
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Zig Ziglar: Garbage
“The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities.” ~Zig Ziglar.
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Wilma Rudolph: Human spirit
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.” ~Wilma Rudolph, track athlete.
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Phanishwar Nath 'Renu': Friends
“Friends have a knack of stabbing you with a pillow.” ~Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’.
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Ambrose Bierce: Vote
“Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.” ~Ambrose Bierce.
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Cole Porter: Inspiration
“My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.” —Cole Porter, composer and songwriter (9 Jun 1893-1964) .
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O Henry: Honesty and dishonesty
“There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other…one who attempts this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.” ~O Henry. Embed from Getty Images
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Virat Kohli: Target
“They target my technique. They target my focus. It doesn’t matter. I target the moment” – Virat Kohli.
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Deepak Chopra: Good leaders
Embed from Getty Images “Good leaders are not philosophers. They are responsive to feedback and set goals. Be responsible for yourself. If you are not physically or emotionally healthy, you are not going to be a good leader.” ~Deepak Chopra.
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Sammy Davis Jr: Commitment versus fear
You always have two choices: Your commitment versus your fear.” — Sammy Davis Jr.,American entertainer. Embed from Getty Images
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Marguerite Yourcenar: Memories
The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. -Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist (8 Jun 1903-1987).
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Caroline Rhea: Someone else's version
“Don’t compare yourself with someone else’s version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.” ~Caroline Rhea.
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CS Lewis: Mental pain
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is also more common and harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken’. ~CS Lewis. Embed from Getty Images
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Robert Fulghum: Problems and inconveniences
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of…
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Thomas Szasz: Biting the hand that feeds you
“Maybe you should bite the hand that feeds you, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.” ~Thomas Szasz. Embed from Getty Images
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Shannon L. Alder: Moments of stupidity
“I don’t understand women that call themselves a “bitch”. It doesn’t empower a woman. Rather, it reveals to everyone that you were deeply hurt at one time. Because of the pain your still carrying, you will continue to hurt anyone that reminds you of those moments when you let your guard down and were fooled.…
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Shannon L. Alder: Dignity
“Dignity /ˈdignitē/ noun 1. The moment you realize that the person you cared for has nothing intellectually or spiritually to offer you, but a headache. 2. The moment you realize God had greater plans for you that don’t involve crying at night or sad Pinterest quotes. 3. The moment you stop comparing yourself to others…
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Jack Kevorkian: Death
Dying is not a crime. -Jack Kevorkian, pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author, and composer (26 May 1928-2011) . Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Jefferson: Government
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” ~Thomas Jefferson.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Moral arc
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Anand Challani: Dating
“Dating is about capturing magical moments, texting won’t ever create them. I’ve seen couples get into arguments with each other because they couldn’t understand the tone of their partner’s text.” ~Anand Challani, stand-up comedian, relationship coach.
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Moliere: Accountability
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. -Moliere, actor and playwright (15 Jan 1622-1673).
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Shannon L. Alder: Love's evolution
“Never love someone beneath your level of evolution. If you want a monkey, you can visit one at your local zoo.” ~Shannon L. Alder, author.
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Bill Shankly: Football
“Some people think that football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” ~Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager.
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George Santayana: Language
“Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.” —George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952).
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Cyril Lionel Robert James: Cricket
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” ~Cyril Lionel Robert James.
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Neil Tyson: Small yet big
“When I look up in the universe, I know I’m small but I’m also big. I’m big because I’m connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me.” —Neil Tyson. Embed from Getty Images
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Edward Abbey: Growth
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (29 Jan 1927-1989).
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Mark Twain: Golf
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.” ~Mark Twain. Embed from Getty Images
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Carl Rogers: Educated
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” ~Carl Rogers.
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Ambrose Bierce: Grief
“Grief is an artist of powers as various as the instruments upon which he plays his dirges for the dead, evoking from some the sharpest, shrillest notes, from others the low, grave chords that throb recurrent like the slow beating of a distant drum. Some natures it startles; some it stupefies. To one it comes…
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Anais Nin: Tolerable
“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” ~Anais Nin.
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Kapil Dev: Passion
“Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.” ~Kapil Dev.
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Ernest Hemingway: Listen
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway.
