"Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do not know ourselves."

-- Marianne Williamson

#Destiny Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Goal Quotes

“It's one that still happens, actually... forgetting a part of a difficult piece. Usually, the chances of it happening are directly proportional to how quiet and attentive the audience is.”
“Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.”

Source : John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.250, Random House
“Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible.”
“When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'”
“Let the rabbit of free enterprise out of its velveteen bag and too many people would have to be fired, too much idiocy exposed to the light of judgment or ridicule, too much vanity sacrificed to the fires of efficiency. Such a catastrophe obviously would threaten the American way of life, to say nothing of the belief in free markets.”
“All children are sweet at five. But at twelve they begin to get silly.”
“Poetry is philosophy's sister, the one that wears makeup.”
“Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.”

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