"At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person, I needed rules - lots of them - or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission."

-- Matisyahu

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“Genius always looks forward, and not only sees what is, but what necessarily will be.”
“I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.”

Source : "A woman of substance". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2000.
“To create art means to be crazy alone forever.”
“True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship. But true listening is a rare skill. Usually, the greater part of a person's attention is taken up by their thinking. At best, they may be evaluating your words or preparing the next thing to say. Or they may not be listening at all, lost in their own thoughts.”
“For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchenthan witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.”
“If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at the conclusion of the rebuke, add some kind words. We must heal wounds, as the Samaritan did, with wine and oil. But as oil floats above all other liquors, so meekness should predominate in all our actions.”
“You can do great things with low-tech stuff.”
“Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.41, Macmillan

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