"From out the peaceful hollow of its throat / such music pours as I am unaware / how to devise. I did not think these things. / It is the reed that sings."

-- Alice Smith

#Music Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.”
“It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the President had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone. It's a larger anthropological shift in my mind than even the tattoo age in the United States.”

Source : Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2012.
“The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.”
“To do a comedy team, it requires so much extracurricular stuff, so much compromise, so much intuitiveness to know what the other guy is doing. That's why it's so hard to do it.”

Source : "Cheech And Chong Reunite, At Long Last". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 28, 2010.
“Life ain't complicated unless you complicate it.”
“Life is hard. Itâ€™s cruel sometimes. Itâ€™s merciless and unfair, but we all go through difficult times, one way or another. Youâ€™ve had more than your share of knocks lately, Iâ€™ll give you that, but it doesnâ€™t mean you get to quit. No one gets to quit. You keep fighting, every day, and sooner or later, the grief fades a little. You grow stronger, find joy again, and everything gets easier. You come out of it more equipped to handle the next wave, which will come eventually. There will always be waves.”
“History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.”
“A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.”

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