"I have been told that a young would-be composer wrote to Mozart asking advice about how to compose a symphony. Mozart responded that a symphony was a complex and demanding form and it would be better to start with something simpler. The young man protested, 'But, Herr Mozart, you wrote symphonies when you were younger than I am now.' Mozart replied, 'I never asked how."

-- Isaac Asimov

#Men Quotes #Symphony Quotes #Advice Quotes

“Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.”

Source : Lisa Genova (2014). “Lisa Genova eBox Set: Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Love Anthony”, p.72, Simon and Schuster
“Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.”
“Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.”

Source : Jill Briscoe (2009). “Spiritual Arts: Mastering the Disciplines for a Rich Spiritual Life”, p.32, Zondervan
“I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime”
“You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.”
“Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.”
“Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of souls.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Thousandfold Thought: The Prince of Nothing, Book Three (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.85, The Overlook Press
“I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.”

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