"How could I feel so miserable in the midst of such splendor? The question flashed through me all at once, not waiting for words to express it. The answer came more slowly: No one makes you angry. Anger, like love, is something you choose. Stunned, I sat down in the middle of the field I'd been walking through. I knew I needed to look within myself, let go of my anger and have a quiet talk with God."

-- Susan L. Taylor

#Letting Go Quotes #Anger Quotes #Love Is Quotes

“Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must seem like a merely dramatic representation.”
“The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.”
“The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone.”
“And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God.”
“The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.”
“Iâ€™ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether thatâ€™s been drugs, women, etc, etcâ€¦ But all those things are tangible and they exist and you can see them and you can feel them. Music doesnâ€™t exist, physically. Yet is commands ever facet of my personality and it has the power to command people how to feel on a physical level, uncontrollably. And I find that so fascinating.”
“When you do not treat yourself the way you want others to treat you, you can never change the way things are.”
“I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I'm learning how to play keyboard better now so that'll start serving the song as well; it'll be another flavor. I'm not going to switch it up with big, fat drum machine beats and real swoopy synths, but yeah...”

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