"The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind."

-- Edith Hamilton

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“Talent is a gift from God. That is something that you are born with. To be able to be born with singing talent is just a gift. You can learn how to sing better, but you cannot learn to sing with certain quality. It is just something you are born with.”

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“Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . â€”Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH”
“When you get a walk-off homer, you get to do whatever you want. You need to be excited about it. You don't get too many of those, so you need to enjoy them when they come.”
“The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.”
“I'm just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time.”
“You better arm yourselves to answer your children's and grandchildren's questions... no matter what the question is... without being judgmental.”
“[Girls] study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting individual domestic pleasure and social enjoyment in conversation, but what are they in comparison with the grand stimulation of independence and self- reliance, of the capability of contributing to the comfort and happiness of those whom they love as their own souls?”
“Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.”

Source : "Sämtliche Werken". Book edited by Josef Nadle. Volume 3, p. 286, 1949 - 1957.

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