"Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it with joy"

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Margaret Silf

#Meditation Quotes #Joy Quotes #Stillness Quotes

“If other cows with mad cow disease were slaughtered, we wouldn't know where to begin looking for people who might have been affected, .. With a comprehensive tracking system, we would.”
“I'll make love to you in all good places, under black mountains and open spaces.”
“What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His children of their right to divine dignity. ... I can offer still another answer: 'Sin is any act or thought that robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem'.”
“I have an idea of a set of colors and see what I have. A lot of things, the best, more magical things in the paintings just sort of happen. They aren't things I thought of in advance. They are more things I am given. What paint does, in watercolor more than oil but it happens in oil too, are things one never expects if you work freely. I suppose I learned a lot coming to this after years of playing improvisational music. I have to trust my intuition and I work in the moment, when that moment seems to be happening. And to leave it alone when it is not.”

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“I am pretty self-indulgent.”
“The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. â€œHave you ever done this before?â€ â€œSet up someone by pretending to be someone else? Sure. Pretended to get killed? Not so much.”
“You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet.”
“Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you.”

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