Thursday, April 17, 2014

Some Interesting Statements Made By Some Famous Persons.


By Sodium

While cruising the Internet, trying to find reasonable prices for couple of books I wished to review, I had stumbled upon the following sayings which at once felt that they were worth publishing at this website for the benefits of those who are dedicated readers of this site:

By Cicero:
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" A room without a book is like a body without a soul. "

My Comment:
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I may add, such a room is also without a mind and heart. before it has lost its soul.

By Frank Zappa:
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" So many books, so little time. "

My Comment:
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No need to complain. Just use the little time you have, as efficiently as humanly possible, because that is the only alternative available.

By Friedrich Nietzche:
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" Without music, life would be a mistake. "

My Comment:
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Not so for the deaf, excluding Ludwig van Beethoven.

By Oscar Wilde:
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" Always forgive your enemy, nothing annoys them more. "

My Comment:
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Jesus Christ said, indeed, to forgive your enemy, but not for the sole purpose of annoying them.

By Oscar Wilde:
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"  To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. "

My comment:
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Perhaps, Oscar Wilde had experienced both " to live" and " to exist " and as a result he was able to know the difference between " living " and " existing. "  And I wonder how many people of the world's population of almost Seven Billion human beings enjoy the pleasure of  living and how many just exist-perhaps in misery.

By Robert Frost:
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" In three words, I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on.

My Comment:
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Yes, indeed, life keeps going on, except Robert Frost has perhaps forgotten to add another three additional words: with constant changes. Proofs: birth itself is a change, death itself is a change and what happens in the period between them is also a change.

By Mahatma Gandhi:
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" Be the change you wish to see in the world. "

My Comment:
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What Gandhi was saying to his listeners: stop your lousy bad habits and start doing some good for your own sake and the sake of humanity.

By Mahatma Gandhi:
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" Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever. "

My Comment:
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I have been living by the second part of  Gandhi advice, but I have failed to live by the first part of  his advice, made of pure gold.

By Martin Luther King, Jr.:
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. "

My Comment:
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And yet, Martin Luther King, was assassinated in the early1960's, in the city of Memphis of the State of Tennessee of the United States of America, because he was active in preaching his beautiful thoughts.

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4 comments:

  1. This is another post that have surprised me, Sodium. I have never thought that your interest encompasses so many different interests, ranging from politics to religions, to good food to hilarious or odd human behaviors, and now an interest in what some of the famousd people have said. I just wonder what else you have interest in !
    Keep them coming. It is a pleasure reading them. God bless.

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    1. Will try to keep them coming, as you have requested; and as long as time and health cooperate.

      Thank you, Anonymous, for taking your time to make the comments. Much appreciated.

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  2. What a joy to read "your" quotes on the quotes! :-) Such a pleasure. Really enjoyed reading these... and a glimpse of a window into your soul.

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    1. Bint Mileh,

      It is always a pleasure hearing from you. Because I have not heard from you for sometimes, I have assumed that you really have no time to waste for cruising the Internet. I am so delighted that whatever extra time you have, you have chosen to waste it on reading what is being published on this website. I am most thrilled reading that you really liked the quotes and my comments on the quotes, because your comments have made me feel that I am not really wasting my time, after all. As long as intelligent readers like you appreciate what is written on this website, that is all I need to keep doing it.

      Many thanks, Bint Mileh, for your time and kind words. Much appreciated. Please visit more often, if you can.

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