"The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead."

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Source : Yvor Winters (1978). “The collected poems of Yvor Winters”, Swallow Pr

Yvor Winters

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“It is the inner life that is to spark the change in consciousness that will permit us to advance”
“The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.”
“I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self”
“Today our achievements are so vast that the whole world has become interested in them.”
“People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.”
“Our lives are so dominated by financial concerns - paying the rent - and consumer choices - what sort of detergent to buy at Costco - that larger issues get subsumed into economic ones. Not just social justice, but basic issues of faith and meaning.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.”

Source : Eve Arnold (1995). “Eve Arnold: in retrospect”, Random House (UK)
“No one wants to see a boring tube sock.”

Source : "Rob Kardashian’s Sock Line, Arthur George, Debuts At Neiman Marcus, Hurts Our Eyes" by Jessica Misener, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2012.

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