My Quotes Collection 11

(Collection of quotes by Turlapati Sambasivarao garu)

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. John Calvin 

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. Oscar Wilde

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. Sherman Alexie

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. -Edna St. Vincent Millay

   

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach

God's dice always have a lucky roll. Sophocles 

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. Abdul Kalam

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

It is well for one to know more than he says. Plautus

“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” ― William Glasser

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become. William Arthur Ward 

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have. Edward Everett Hale 

“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” ― George Sand 

Use your smile to change the world; don’t let the world change your smile

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. Robert Hall 

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. -Pietro Aretino

           

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. Sophocles 

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. Augustine of Hippo 

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. William Howard Taft 

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. Charles Spurgeon 

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.” ― Abraham Lincoln

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. Norman Cousins

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. Epictetus

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus 

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epictetus 

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God. E. Stanley Jones 

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ― Victor Hugo

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus 

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. Abraham Cahan

Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.” ― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. John W. Gardner 

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. Desiderius Erasmus

Trust is a great force multiplier. Tom Ridge

A man with a soul is not like every other man. Eugene Ionesco 

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Gilbert K. Chesterton 

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Daniel J. Boorstin 

Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind. Hans Hofmann

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. Billy Joel 

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. Aesop 

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley 

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it. Ernest Renan

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign. Ernest Renan 

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir Philip Sidney

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. Epictetus