"Your solitude will expand and become a place where you can live in the twilight, where the noise of other people passes, far in the distance."

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Source : Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). “Letters to a Young Poet”

Rainer Maria Rilke

#Distance Quotes #Twilight Quotes #People Quotes

“Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.”
“Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.”
“But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.”
“Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.”
“The very truths that gave birth to the Pentecostal movement are today generally rejected as too strong.”
“It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and no doubt quite confused by now.”
“One of the best things about reading comic books, when you're a kid or an adult, is watching the characters cross-over. What happens in one book affects the other, and these shows are so tightly knit that it feels like one giant show.”
“Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.”

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