"It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and love for a time in the wilderness."

-- Loren Eiseley

#Religious Quotes #Men Quotes #Vision Quotes

“The scrape and snap of Keds on loose alley pebbles seems to catapult their voices high into the moist March air blue above the wires.”
“The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.”
“Now the gardener is the one who has seen everything ruined so many times that (even as his pain increases with each loss) he comprehends - truly knows - that where there was a garden once, it can be again, or where there never was, there yet can be a garden.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (2003). “The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening”, p.3, Indiana University Press
“Singers attract fans with aspects of their own personality. People feel I'm passionate and obsessive. They know this isn't a profession for me, it's a vocation. It's not an egotistical thing, but something else. I'm in a dialogue with my audience, and that's something I need”
“If history is any indication, we should assume that any technology that is going to have a significant impact over the next 10 years is already 10 years old!”
“Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes.”
“A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.”
“I am conscious of how my body signifies in every space. In every place of the world our body has a different significance.”

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