"Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity."

--

Maria Popova

#Art Quotes #Productivity Quotes

“I hear the birds singing. Listen. I hear them in their cage. The others-all our kind who know of her-they think of her as heartless, but she wasn't heartless. She was only aware of things which I didn't learn till so many decades had passed. She knew secrets that only suffering can teach...”
“The stars are a free show; it donâ€™t cost anything to use your eyes”
“I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefully I'm writing to say you're not alone. I'm not alone. We're not alone.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground.”

Source : Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”
“There is no such thing as perfect happiness.”
“Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower...both strange and familiar.”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkspell”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.
“Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.”
“Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)”

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