"A saint belongs to all humanity."

-- Elif Safak

#Humanity Quotes #Saint Quotes

“The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family members in earshot - and healthy practice would simply sound too obnoxious, intrusive, repetitious and unmusical for others to hear without annoyance.”

Source : William Westney (2003). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”
“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'”
“But authors before they write should read.”

Source : Fanny Burney (1842). “Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay”, p.5
“You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.”
“Everyone's story matters.”

Source : William Joyce (2012). “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
“Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.”
“For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.”

Source : James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.120, Courier Corporation

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