"There are things which cannot be carried through even with the good will of everybody concerned"

-- Isak Dinesen

#Concerned Quotes

“He who receives Communion is made holy and Divinized in soul and body in the same way that water, set over a fire, becomes boiling... Communion works like yeast that has been mixed into dough so that it leavens the whole mass; ...Just as by melting two candles together you get one piece of wax, so, I think, one who receives the Flesh and Blood of Jesus is fused together with Him by this Communion, and the soul finds that he is in Christ and Christ is in him”
“And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission”
“An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.”
“It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.”
“Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.”
“Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.”
“To the large extent that music can organize our perceptions of our own bodies and emotions, it can tell us things about history that are not accessible through any other medium.”

Source : Susan McClary (2017). “Reading Music: Selected Essays”, p.164, Routledge
“Think Give. Not Get. Nothing has the power to positively change your world more.”

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