"I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Ideas Quotes #Justice Quotes #Domes Quotes

“But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend the abolition of the English public schools.”
“I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.”
“Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.”
“In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas any truth contained in these metaphorical rigmaroles was so deviously presented that it looked devious itself.”

Source : Paul Scott (2011). “The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion”, p.102, University of Chicago Press
“Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.”
“Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2010). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful”, p.72, Profile Books
“I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new world order emerging through all this period of strain and pain and contradiction, so more than ever, we need to have an internal sense of navigation.”

Source : "Change". Booklet by Katherine Hunt, issuu.com. March 28, 2012.

You may also like:

Andrew Johnson
17th U.S. President
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
George Washington
1st U.S. President
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President
John Wilkes Booth
Actor
Mary Todd Lincoln
Former First Lady of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President