Blogs of PrasadVSSN

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Quotation for You

Paramahansa Yogananda-Guru
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.  - Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952) was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi.- Wikipedia

Friday, September 29, 2017

Quotation for You

Timothy Ferriss-Author
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. - Tim Ferriss
Timothy Ferriss (born 1977) is an American author, entrepreneur, self-proclaimed "human guinea pig", and public speaker. - Wikipedia

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Quotation for You

Anatole Broyard-Writer
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. - Anatole Broyard
Anatole Paul Broyard (1920-1990) was an American writer, literary critic and editor from New Orleans who wrote for The New York Times. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Quotation for You

Earl Warren-Jurist
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. - Earl Warren
Earl Warren (1891-1974) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 30th Governor of California and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Quotation for You

Dr.Karl Menninger-Psychiatrist
Attitudes are much more important than facts. - Dr Karl Menninger
Karl Augustus Menninger (1893-1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.  - Wikipedia

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Quotation for You

Francis Maitland Balfour-Biologist
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. - Francis Maitland Balfour
Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882) was a British biologist. He was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and Charles Darwin's successor. - Wikipedia


Sunday, September 24, 2017

Quotation for You

H. G. Wells-Writer
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. - H.G. Wells
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. - Wikipedia

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Quotation for You

Ken Kesey-Novelist
Take what you can use and let the rest go by. -  Ken Kesey
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey (1935-2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure.  - Wikipedia
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Friday, September 22, 2017

Quotation for You

Upton Sinclair-Writer
One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. - Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American writer who wrote nearly one hundred books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the twentieth century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. - Wikipedia


Thursday, September 21, 2017

Quotation for You

D. H. Lawrence-Novelist
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. - David Herbert Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, and painter. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization.  - Wikipedia

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Quotation for You

Meister Eckhart-Philosopher
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.  - Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire. - Wikipedia
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Quotation for You

H.L.Mencken-Journalist
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. - H. L. MenckenHenry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English. - Wikipedia

Monday, September 18, 2017

Quotation for You

Stephen Chbosky-Novelist
Enjoy it. Because it's happening. - Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky (born 1970)  is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. - Wikipedia

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Quotation for You

Stephen Leacock-Writer
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour. - Stephen Leacock
Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (1869-1925) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. - Wikipedia

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Quotation for You

Evan Esar-Humorist
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. - Evan Esar
Evan Esar (1899-1961) was an American humorist who wrote "Esar's Comic Dictionary" in 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and "20,000 Quips and Quotes" in 1968.  - Wikipedia
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Friday, September 15, 2017

Quotation for You

Guillaume Apollinaire-Poet
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. - Guillaume Apollinaire 
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Quotation for You

Arthur Rimbaud-Poet
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. - Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) was a French poet who is known for his influence on modern literature and arts, which prefigured surrealism. - Wikipedia
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Quotation for You

Stéphane Mallarmé-Poet
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words. - Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé (real name Étienne Mallarmé 1842-1898) was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools. - Wikipedia


Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Quotation for You

Michel Foucault-Philosopher
Where there is power, there is resistance. - Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist, and literary critic. - Wikipedia

Monday, September 11, 2017

Quotation for You

Martin Heidegger-Philosopher
How one encounters reality is a choice. - Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher and a seminal thinker in the Continental tradition and philosophical hermeneutics. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Quotation for You

Arthur Koestler-Author
Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity. - Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. - Wikipedia
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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Quotation for You

Loren Eiseley-Anthropologist
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. - Loren Eiseley
Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer. - Wikipedia

Friday, September 8, 2017

Quotation for You

Barrows Dunham-Author
The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is human nature cannot change you.  - Barrows Dunham
Barrows Dunham (1905-1995) was an American author and professor of philosophy. - Wikipedia
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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Quotation for You

Lillian Hellman-Dramatist
People change and forget to tell each other. - Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence Hellman (1905-1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Quotation for You

Mark Victor Hansen-Author
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire in yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. - Mark Victor Hansen

Mark Victor Hansen (born 1948) is an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer, and author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series. -Wikipedia
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Quotation for You

Charles F. Kettering-Inventor
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. - Charles F. Kettering
Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. - Wikipedia

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Monday, September 4, 2017

Quotation for You

Foster C. McClellan-Author
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into the flames of achievement. - Foster C. McClellan

Foster C. McClellan was a US author of the famous book of quotations entitled "Thoughts for a friend” - frasescelebresyproverbios.blogspot.in

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Quotation for You

Ariel Durant-Writer
Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant. - Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant (1898-1981) was a Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer and the coauthor of The Story of Civilization with her husband Will Durant. - Wikipedia

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Quotation for You

Kin Hubbard-Cartoonist
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more. - Kin Hubbard
Frank McKinney Hubbard (1868-1930) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard. - Wikipedia

Friday, September 1, 2017

Quotation for You

Satchel Paige-Sportsman
Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you have been up to. - Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (1906-1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball pitcher, - Wikipedia