"The name Yunupingu means 'rock - rock that stands against time'. The name Yunupingu belonged to my grandad, like he was a hero in his time. It was passed down through the generations to my Father. It's a name that makes us understand who we are, where we're coming from and what our connections are to mother earth and the universe."

-- Mandawuy Yunupingu

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Hero Quotes

“What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed”
“Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.”
“Hi! handsome hunting man Fire your little gun. Bang! Now the animal is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun!”
“Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known.”
“The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.”

Source : William Empson, John Haffenden (1988). “The royal beasts and other works”
“Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.”
“The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.”
“When a feeling was there, they felt as if it would never go; when it was gone, they felt as if it had never been; when it returned, they felt as if it had never gone.”

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