Quotable Quotes Part II

[C RAVI]

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“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”

― G.K. Chesterton

 

[C RAVI]

“As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

― Alexandre Dumas

 

[C RAVI]

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”

― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

 

[C RAVI]

“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.”

― Philip Roth

 

[C RAVI]

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[C RAVI]

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”

― Gustave Flaubert

 

[C RAVI]

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[C RAVI]

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

― William G.T. Shedd

 

[C RAVI]

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

― Kurt Cobain

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Even the most brilliant brain has its limitations when it comes to understanding.

Some things are only to be seen.
Some others only to be smelled.
Some are to be heard.
Some others to be voiced.
Some can only be felt.
Some others to be simply trusted.
Somethings are only to be hoped for!
Many things DEFY understanding.
That is precisely why science has
its limitations and spirituality does not. :hail:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”

― George Carlin

Even when alone by himself,
a stupid person can cause enough troubles.

Talk of the larger groups called masses or mobs.
Almost anything is O.K. with them!!! :scared:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”

― G.K. Chesterton

Yes we find UNINTERESTED persons uninteresting no doubt!!! :high5:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

― Alexandre Dumas

Never give advices...
the wise men don't need them
and the fools won't take them!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”

― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

Most truths are...

hard to swallow, :mmph:

bitter to taste and :yuck:

scalding to touch!!! :flame:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The MIGHTY ME is mightier than everything else.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”

― Gustave Flaubert

Reading should become as natural as breathing. :ranger:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

Silence CAN CONVEY much more than tons and tons of empty words.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

― William G.T. Shedd

Chummaa iruppathe sugamaa??? :nono:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

― Kurt Cobain

Me too!!!

 

[mkrishna100]

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
- Thomas A. Edison

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
- Thomas A. Edison

A genius is 2% Inspiration and 98% perspiration.
I could have been 100% perspiration but then
the genius will not know which way to proceed. :decision:

 

[auh]

Silence CAN CONVEY much more than tons and tons of empty words.

True mami, but on reading this sentence

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

I was reminded of the silence of Beeshma when Draupadi was insulted in front of the court.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

True mami, but on reading this sentence I was reminded of the silence of Beeshma when Draupadi was insulted in front of the court.

You are right! I am sure that Paanchaali was MORE hurt by Bheeshma's silence

than by all the cruel and crude nonsense uttered by Dhuryodhana and co!

 

[C RAVI]

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

― Mark Twain

 

[C RAVI]

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

― Nathaniel Hawthorne