"After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to tickle and amuse one's mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Reading Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment”
“Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis, and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?”
“I give thanks every day for each new day that the Lord allows me to live and enjoy life to the fullest.”

Source : Source: www.mybestyears.com
“I came to feel how far above All fancy, pride, and fickle maidenhood, All earthly pleasure, all imagined good, Was the warm tremble of a devout kiss.”
“The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.”
“A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.”
“God's approval is a whole lot easier to get than man's.”
“And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.”

Source : "Exclusive: Wendell Pierce Discusses His Controversial Role in ‘Four’ (LAFF Premiere Today)". Interview with Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. Junuary 15, 2012.

You may also like:

Charles Dickens
Writer
George Orwell
Novelist
H. G. Wells
Writer
Julian Huxley
Film director
Laura Huxley
Musician
Ray Bradbury
Writer
Thomas Huxley
Biologist
Timothy Leary
Psychologist
William Golding
Novelist