"The conductor of an orchestra doesnâ€™t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful."

-- Benjamin Zander

#Powerful Quotes #People Quotes #Orchestra Quotes

“Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?”
“People talk of â€œsocial outcasts.â€ The words apparently denote the miserable losers of the world, the vicious ones, but I feel as though I have been a â€œsocial outcastâ€ from the moment I was born. If ever I meet someone society has designated as an outcast, I invariably feel affection for him, an emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness.”
“Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.”

Source : Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52
“Everybody draws when they are little.”
“Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.”
“At each epoch of history the world was in a hopeless state, and at each epoch of history the world muddled through; at each epoch the world was lost, and at each epoch it was saved.”
“Matching the right kidney to the right patient is one example of an algorithmic artificial intelligence.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Beauty is the arrowhead of evangelization, the point with which the evangelist pierces the minds and hearts of those he evangelizes.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bishop Robert Barron from Jul 22, 2014

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