My Quotes Collection 12

(Collection of quotes by Turlapati Sambasivarao garu)

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri Frederic Amiel

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. Henri Frederic Amiel

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Henri Frederic Amiel 

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” ― Paramahansa Yogananda 

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. Robert Green Ingersoll

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Author: Benjamin Disraeli

The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries. Daisaku Ikeda

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. John Henry Newman  

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. Robert Burton

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. Theophrastus 

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. Peter Drucker 

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. Elizabeth Bowen

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. Jiddu Krishnamurti

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Jiddu Krishnamurti

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature. Bruce Barton

If you depend on God's grace there is no such thing as impossible. Sri Chinmoy

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion. Radhanath Swami

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself. John Fowles 

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. John Fowles 

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. -Paul Dirac 

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. Galileo Galilei

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. Thomas Reid 

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Anne Frank 

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. Harvey S. Firestone

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible. George Washington Carver 

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers. Virgil

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. Pablo Picasso

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. William Hazlitt    

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life. William Ellery Channing  

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power. Carol P 

        

If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike. Bernard Meltzer 

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

  

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another. Benjamin Jowett  

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. Sallust