"Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night."

-- Yuja Wang

#Night Quotes #Trying Quotes #Layers Quotes

“My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.”
“I want to understand more about the world while Im still here.”
“For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.”

Source : Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.19, Jazzybee Verlag
“A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.”
“If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.”
“The only logical answer to the question of why Elijah needed to pray is to imply that God has chosen to work through people. Even when it is the Lord himself initiating something, earnestly desiring to do it, He still needs us to ask.”
“Jesus came from heaven down to earth. He left all grandeur behind Him, He passed by palaces and thrones-to be born in a manger! He was born lowly, that He might raise men up to God. The poor have a friend in Jesus. If no one else loves them, He loves them. He came to give them liberty, to proclaim to them the gospel of God's grace.”
“Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.77, Macmillan

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