"When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness."

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Source : Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.189, University of Chicago Press

Stephen Vizinczey

#Eye Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“You can have anything you want. You just have to decide what you want and do everything it takes to get it!”
“I never take drugs. I took ecstasy when I was in Ibiza once, but it didn't work for me. I think I was already on ecstasy when I was born.”
“Ovid lies here, the poet, skilled in love's gentle sport; By his own talents he worked his undoing. Oh, you who pass by, if ever you have loved, Think it not a burden to wish him calm repose.”
“The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.”
“I'm cautious about a lot of words”
“Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative”
“Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.”

Source : Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.160, Penguin
“People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what â€“ and who â€“ we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 14, 2017

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