"let's get away from all the clever humans who put words in our mouth let's only say what our hearts desire."

-- Rumi

#Clever Quotes #Heart Quotes #Desire Quotes

“In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle.”

Source : John Crowe Ransom (1978). “Selected Poems”
“I am not famous for anything in particular. I am just famous.”
“How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!”
“Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.”
“In Santiago, the capital of the kingdom of Chile, at the moment of the great earthquake of 1647 in which many thousands lost their lives, a young Spaniard called Jeronimo Rugera was standing beside one of the pillars in the prison to which he had been committed on a criminal charge, and he was about to hang himself.”
“Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.”
“Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works. So they literally have no habit of showing up on Monday. They have no habit of staying all day. They have no habit of 'I do this and you give me cash' unless it's illegal.”

Source : "Is There Truth In Gingrich's Remarks On The Poor?". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. December 7, 2011.
“When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny.”

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