"High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of art and much else -- far from being snobbish, are required to maintain decency in life."

-- Joseph Epstein

#Art Quotes #Quality Quotes #High Standards Quotes

“The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion”
“The Truth An Offense But Not A Sin”
“Without grace no book can live, and with it the poorest may have its life prolonged.”
“I was born. It was easy. My mother did all the hard work.”
“Words can wound or heal. The purpose of speech must always be to create joy in the listener.”
“I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.”
“I can look up in the air and see where the wind is gonna change direction.”
“I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.”

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