"The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die"

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Inspirational Quotes #Civil Rights Quotes #Speak Quotes

“It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.”
“I find a very guilty pleasure in dark themes and vibes, and finding where the transcending nature of awareness meets this darkness.”
“It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!”
“Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view. When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn't cause suffering.”
“My sister is a nurse and saves people's lives.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.”

Source : Jane Pauley (2014). “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.”
“Sometimes, I have to really monitor myself, but the only monitoring job I really do on myself on stage is, Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Ideally, I send it in a flow of truth.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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