"Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by."

-- Arthur Golden

#Saws Quotes #Excitement Quotes #Passing Quotes

“With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman”
“I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.”

Source : "Hello? Is This The Country Album You're Looking For?". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. April 2, 2012.
“If 'freedom' means, first of all, the responsibility of every individual for the rational determination of his own personal, professional and social existence, then there is no greater fear than that of the establishment of general freedom.”
“Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can't go on making records just for your own hometown.”
“A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man.”
“To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.”
“The new kind of dancing meant liberation not only from the rules of leading and following but from rules of any kind.”

Source : Gerald Jonas (1998). “Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement”, Turtleback Books
“Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Sketch of the author's life (p. i-ccxxxii) Shades of the dead. Critical essays. Lecture, on the worth of knowledge”, p.473

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