Ability:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt.
Art :
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
George Bernard Shaw.
Behavior :
“Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”
Elbert Hubbard
Belief :
“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.”
Saint Augustine.
'The Bible'
“The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to run it without running on rocks or bars.”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887).
Books and Reading :
“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”
Edmund Burke (1729-1707).
'Creativity' :
Somebody once asked Anton Bruckner : “Master, how, when, where did you think of the divine motif of your Ninth Symphony?” “Well,
it was like this,” Bruckner replied. “I walked up the Kahlenberg,
and when it got hot and I got hungry, I sat down by a little brook and unpacked my Swiss cheese. And just as I open the greasy paper, that darn tune pops into my head!”
-Anton Bruckner (1825-1896).
'Culture'
“Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world. ---- Mathew Arnold (1822-1888) [A cultured person is one who can entertain himself, entertain guests, and entertain ideas.]
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Compiled by : “Bharatheeyan-Santhosh”