"We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide."

-- Quintilian

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.”
“Whatever the soul chooses to love, it will resemble. And therefore what we choose to love is important: Love is the force behind every level of existence. There is some good in every attraction, but there is a process of refining attraction, of choosing what to love, so that we are energized by a wider, purer love”

Source : Kabir Edmund Helminski (1992). “Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness and the Essential Self”, Tarcher
“There are two options: adapt or die.”
“My creative process is quite slow. I hear melodies in my head while I'm washing the dishes and I allow my subconscious to do the work.”
“Listening to your internal guidance system will lead to a rich, fulfilled, happy life. That's been my experience... and millions of folks can attest to it in their own lives as well.”
“Nothing like one honest look, one honest thought of Christ upon His cross. That tells us how much He has been through, how much He endured, how much He conquered, how much God loved us, who spared not His only begotten Son, but freely gave Him for us. Dare we doubt such a God? Dare we murmur against such a God?”
“I think you want to show a level of transparency that breeds trust. You don't want to show a level of desperation that breeds concern.”

Source : "E1000000: F-bomb Friday with 500 Startups’ Dave McClure". Interview with Jason Calacanis, thisweekinstartups.com. November 16, 2013.
“With Dustin Hoffman, I just enjoyed the fact he was this flamboyent and very ironic person that still followed my desire to make Baldini in the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer not simply a joke, or the funny guy, but also a personality and a character.”

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