"The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others."

-- Joseph Campbell

#Quests Quotes #Release Quotes #Ecstasy Quotes

“Desegregation is a joke.”
“No one has ever abandoned a belief because he was forced to do so.”
“My mother thought my inclinations would do well in Law, but I was too shy and deliberative - slowfooted - for that, so I determined to be an English and German high school teacher. In my first year of university I had one subject to "fill in" and chose philosophy against the advice of my counselor. My university teachers in English and German were totally uninspiring; philosophy was wonderful and my results showed it. I chose it and basically backed into a situation in which only a philosophy career seemed a viable option. I've never regretted it, but there was a lot of serendipity.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“The devil does not stay where music is.”
“Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.”

Source : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons
“When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape.”

Source : James Hilton (1941). “Three Famous Novels: Lost Horizon, Good-bye, Mr. Chips [and] Random Harvest”
“For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Children, of course, don't understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and optimism, and they often seem to thrive during the first few years. It is sometimes not until the third grade that their teachers start to see the warning signs of failure. By the fourth grade many children see it too.”

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