"A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky."

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Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

Yoshida Kenko

#Regret Quotes #Sky Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'”
“Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.”
“Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone.”
“Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.”
“A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.”

Source : "Hey Laaaady: Jerry Lewis Isn't Laughing". www.cbsnews.com. February 14, 2000.
“Jesus did not say: 'One of you go', but 'All of you go': we are sent together.”
“You see, religion alone can only take a person so far. Religion can make us nice, but only Christ can make us new. Religion focuses on outward behavior. Relationship is an inward transformation. Religion focuses on what I do, while relationship centers on what Jesus did. Religion is about me. Relationship is about Jesus”

Source : "Christians, here's why we're losing our religion". www.foxnews.com. April 07, 2013.
“The number one success in music supervision is when you can satisfy everybody on every level, creatively and in terms of the budget. That's when I'm most stoked, when we can balance the left-brained stuff and the right-brained stuff.”

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