"Who is moving in the distance? It is the clock's pendulum, Hired by the god of death To measure life."

-- Gu Cheng

#Time Quotes #Distance Quotes #Moving Quotes

“Life isn't about wishing you were somewhere, or someone that you're not. Life is about enjoying where you are, loving who you are and consistently improving both.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Mar 29, 2013
“They should set a very clear priority for the government. There is such a large penumbra of issues. The party needs to come to grips with the reality that it has to be coherent politically.”
“My strengths—which are really quite modest—are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless.”
“It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.”
“Look back on your wedding And be filled with joy and pride Deservedly so, for the many years You've flourished, side by side”
“Art is a way of freezing time, or extending time. ... It's another way to bridge the gaps between us.”
“He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self, in the end they always led back to it. Although Siddhartha fled from the Self a thousand times, dwelt in nothing, dwelt in animal and stone, the return was inevitable; the hour was inevitable when he would again find himself in sunshine or in moonlight, in shadow or in rain, and was again Self and Siddhartha, again felt the torment of the onerous life cycle.”
“Some of the very greatest gifts bring an inevitable downside which you cannot "cure" without curing the gift at the same time.”

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