"In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still."

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Source : Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

Pico Iyer

#Age Quotes #Movement Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.”
“Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.”
“I remember a long, long day of filming and it took forever to get Kirk Douglas up on his cross. We played a terrible joke on him when, as he was safely installed, the assistant director called lunch and left him up there. He could have had the lot of us fired but he was very good about it. You have to have a sense of humor in this industry.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.”

Source : "Lonely prince looking for love: Harry opens his heart on his search for a fairytale princess" by Victoria Murphy, www.mirror.co.uk. March 14, 2012.
“I feel I'm pretty zen and laid back. I don't have a lot of rage in my real life.”
“Kundalini Yoga will dawn on you the secret of how to be Healthy, Happy and Holy.”
“A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.”
“Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people, not from overwhelming inequalities... it was envy that forced them to emulate each other, not esteem.”

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