"Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition."

-- Swami Vivekananda

#Crush Quotes #Able Quotes #Faces Quotes

“We are what we do, especially what we do to change what we are.”

Source : Eduardo Galeano (2000). “Days and Nights of Love and War”, p.175, Pluto Press
“But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.”
“Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror.”
“You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join in before you go on to the next one.”

Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”
“Act now, for now is all you have.”
“I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. And I think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the, the American dream.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 10, 2010.
“The Christian feels that the tooth of time gnaws all books but the Bible...19 centuries of experience have tested it. It has passed through critical fires no other volume has suffered and its spiritual truth has endured the flames and come out without so much as the smell of burning.”
“Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the decorum accorded to them by society. In vain would one look for a personality behind the husk. Underneath one would find a very pitiable little creature. That is why the office is so attractive: it offers easy compensation for personal deficiencies.”

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