"One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul."

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Source : W. Somerset Maugham (2009). “The Painted Veil”, p.119, Random House

W. Somerset Maugham

#Soul Quotes #World Quotes #Finding Peace Quotes

“Judaism was not a religion but a law.”
“I am very fascinated by the idea of hyperbole in subject matter as well as production. I like the idea of going overboard in producing an art piece and I like the way it brings the work away from a meditative space of reflection to a more direct, impactful tool that can compete with the mainstream. I like all these power plays, which have a lot to do with contextualization. In turn, I'm interested in creating crossovers between creative disciplines and in a way in subverting the expected role of the artist in society.”
“There is no way that the heart-lung machine could have been devised and developed other than through studies on living creatures”
“I actually feel most at home when I find people who make me feel really dumb, who are brilliant at their particular things. And then I gather these people, put them in a room and watch incredible things come out of it,”
“Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.”

Source : Nadine Gordimer (2012). “The Conservationist”, p.112, Bloomsbury Publishing
“People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power and security, and about love, the way the others do?" . . . The easiest answer is to say that, like most other humans, I am hungry.”
“That's the thing about independently minded children. You bring them up teaching them to question authority, and you forget that the very first authority they question is you.”
“I was trained professionally to connect with people as a therapist. That's job number one, having a empathetic regard towards someone who is sitting right across from you. Being able to pull whatever their needs are, their desires and the things that are troubling them and being able to address that in some way.”

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