Peter de Noronha Quotes
1897–1970 India
Peter de Noronha (19 April 1897 – 24 July 1970) was a prominent citizen of Kanpur, India. He was knighted by Pope Paul VI in 1965.
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The greatest sacrifices are called for in this Profession and therefore it not only merits but demands our respect and admiration.
This subject of Planning in the economic sphere is discussed in a separate paper. We will here deal only with the spiritual angle.
Human perfection is a sort of marriage between high thought and just action. This must form man's aim according to the "Gita".
Of Anger the Dhamnapada says, "He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call, a real driver, other people are but holding the reins."
Polls are after all places where you stand in line for a chance to decide who will spend your money, and where the Candidate stands for what people will fall for.
One writer quite cutely remarks that his best work of fiction was his Income Tax Return.
A first reading of the "Bhagwat Gita" reveals that it preaches a gospel of complete detachment. A more intensified reading confirms this opinion but reveals some really beautiful verses which require careful understanding and implementation.
Further it is mentioned that if you want to kill an idea in the world today, get a Committee working on it. Adds J.B. Hughes, "If Moses had been a Committee, the Israelites would still be in Egypt."
Many advocate aids to check Anger; the commonest being to count ten before you start; but if not constant, you tend to turn into the man who used to count ten before he lost his temper, but later counted in two's to get there quicker.
Suffering is an excellent teacher, and Aeschylus says, "We learn by sufferings. "We are easily] up; sufferings keep us humble. We easily turn to worldly things. Sufferings make us turn to ( love ourselves; sufferings teach us to love God."
There are types and types of Specialists, and one Doctor when asked why he specialised in skin diseases, naively answered, 'There are three perfectly good reasons – my patients never get me out of bed at night, they never die and they never get well."
"It is an illusion," says Ernest Raymond," that Bishops should be chosen for their scholarship, their administrative ability, their force of will, their social gifts or other more worldly abilities, instead of the one thing needful – their sanctiity."