"I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls."

-- John Coltrane

#People Quotes #Soul Quotes #Musical Quotes

“The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.”
“No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population, there will be no lack of poets and preachers and essayists and philosophers to invent the necessary reasons and gild the infamy with righteousness. To this righteousness there is, of course, never an adequate reply. Thus a war to end poverty becomes an unanswerable enterprise. For who can decently be for poverty? To even debate whether the war will end poverty becomes an exhibition of ugly pragmatism and the sign of an ignoble mind.”

Source : John Thomas Flynn (1944). “As We Go Marching”, p.122, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.”
“Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.”
“There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.”
“In life and in sports we know that nothing lasts forever. The same year the greatest physical gift (football) the Lord gave me was taken away from me, I was blessed with the greatest gift any of us could have in two beautiful children. Iâ€™d take that trade every day of the week.”
“But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.”

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