John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic
Quoted in Message of the East, Vol. 15 (1926) by Cohasset Vedanta Centre, p. 212
Rabindranath Tagore in appreciation of his efforts to heal the rift between Gandhi and Subashchandra Bose due to ideological differences. He was elected President of the National Congress.
First Citizen
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Flemish mystic
Quoted in Message of the East, Vol. 15 (1926) by Cohasset Vedanta Centre, p. 212
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1860s, Reply to an Emancipation Memorial (1862)
Gino Severini (1883–1966) Italian painter
Quote from Severini's catalog entry for his exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery in London in April 1913, reproduced in Archivi del Futurismo, Volume 1., eds. Maria Drudi Gambillo and Teresa Fiori (Rome: De Luca, 1958-68. 2d 1986), p. 116
Severini explains in short the conception behind his painting 'The Bear Dance at the Moulin Rouge', 1913
“Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
Source: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams Reaching Your Destiny
Huir el rostro al claro desengaño,
beber veneno por licor süave,
olvidar el provecho, amar el daño;
creer que un cielo en un infierno cabe,
dar la vida y el alma a un desengaño;
esto es amor. Quien lo probó lo sabe.
Sonnet, "Desmayarse, atreverse, estar furioso", line 9, from Rimas (1602); cited from José Manuel Blecua (ed.) Lírica (Madrid: Clásicos Castalia, [1981] 1999) p. 136. Translation from Eugenio Florit (ed.) Introduction to Spanish Poetry (New York: Dover, [1964] 1991) p. 65.
Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946) German general
Last words as quoted in The Execution of Nazi War Criminals (1946) by Kingsbury Smith of the International News Service
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
which the Scriptures call "false peace"
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 6, p. 112