C. V. Raman (1888–1970) Indian physicist
[Raman, C. V., Chandralekha, Why the Sky is Blue: Dr. C.V. Raman Talks about Science, http://books.google.com/books?id=LOC3vbnTgHYC&pg=PT1, 2010, Tulika Books, 978-81-8146-846-8, 17]
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870), Civilization
C. V. Raman (1888–1970) Indian physicist
[Raman, C. V., Chandralekha, Why the Sky is Blue: Dr. C.V. Raman Talks about Science, http://books.google.com/books?id=LOC3vbnTgHYC&pg=PT1, 2010, Tulika Books, 978-81-8146-846-8, 17]
“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) British statesman and man of letters
29 January 1748
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
As quoted in Fortune (21 February 2005)
2000s
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
Booker T. Washington book Up from Slavery
Variant: The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Source: Up from Slavery
“Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) English poet
Verses to his Friend under Affliction.