"When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness."

-- Shams Tabrizi

#Trying Quotes #Emptiness Quotes #Range Quotes

“We look at the one little woman's face we love, as we look at the face of our mother earth, and see all sorts of answers to our own yearnings.”
“We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.”
“Weak Christians are afraid of the shadow of the cross.”
“It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.”
“My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 23, 2011.
“Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.”
“I’m half crazy but I know the Devil real. I should know, I signed a record deal.”
“It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on”

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