"If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?"

-- Robert Fulghum

#Firsts Quotes #Living My Life Quotes #First Time Quotes

“Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.”

Source : William Baziotes, Michael Preble (1988). “William Baziotes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1952-1961 : 7 March-31 March, 1984”
“Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.”
“The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.”
“Play is not for every hour of the day, or for any hour taken at random. There is a tide in the affairs of children. Civilization is cruel in sending them to bed at the most stimulating time of dusk.”
“Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know.”

Source : Donald Hamilton (1980). “Cruises with Kathleen”, David McKay Company
“I was a total dork in high school.”
“Real knowing comes up when we stand in the appropriate place. But usually we donâ€™t. First we want to understand something according to individual knowledge, prejudice, customs and habits. This means we are standing up in our individual place, not the universal perspective. This egoistic behavior makes it very difficult to see the overall picture. But buddhas and ancestors recommend that we first stand up in the appropriate place. Just stand up, be present in the Universe itself.”
“To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.”

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