"I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M."

-- Michael Stipe

#Optimism Quotes #Joyous Quotes #Constant Quotes

“Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.”
“I would send back a statement: â€˜None.â€™”
“When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star.”

Source : Dennis Genpo Merzel (1991). “The Eye Never Sleeps: Striking to the Heart of Zen”, Shambhala Publications
“Rummy is played by more people in more ways than any other game.”

Source : John Scarne (1990). “Scarne on Cards”, Signet
“Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that extent perfect peace is an almost meaningless abstraction. Struggle and competition are stimulating, but when they degenerate into conflict it is usually both destructive and disruptive. The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line...”
“Being a creative mind, you have to examine who you are every day.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I surely would ... ... but I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again ...”
“I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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