Chakrabarti Foundation Quotes & Sayings

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do. — Aristotle.

A diet of rations etched his figure, and the sea air and sun peeled back a layer of his essence ... It's as if he's passed through some cloud of aether, and he's come back to us with the outer reaches of the universe still clinging to him. — Adam McOmber

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them? — Xunzi

Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked. — Nuruddin Farah

I think we should have a very, very heavy tax on handguns and on bullets. — Joycelyn Elders

We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century - the blindness about which posterity will ask, "But how could they have thought that?" - lies where we have never suspected it ... None of us can fully escape this blindness, but we shall certainly increase it, and weaken our guard against it, if we read only modern books. Where they are true they will give us truths which we half knew already. Where they are false they will aggravate the error with which we are already dangerously ill. The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books. — C.S. Lewis

Do not delude yourself, tomorrow is not guaranteed; and even if good fortune brings you your tomorrow, there is no guarantee those you love will be a part of it. Do not squander your precious, limited time. Value what love you have in your life - nothing is more valuable. Make it known to those who matter. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

I knew a kid who stuck a knife in the toaster on a few occasions. He learned it hurt. He grew up to be a great electrician. — Travis J. Dahnke

It is not as though she's greedy for happiness, but she wishes that she'd been able to recognize it completely when she had it. — Helen Humphreys

Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye. — Hill Harper

I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am. — Matt Shultz

They'd put the anesthesia mask on him, and the next instant he was in the recovery room. It was a blackout so complete, it made him doubt the immortality of the soul. — Andrew Klavan

The temple is holy because it is not for sale — Ezra Pound