"We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I return to Western culture after time in desert, mountain or forest, I discover how we have filled our world with a multiplicity of noises, a symphony of forgetfulness that keeps our won thoughts and realizations, feelings and intuitions out of audible range."

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Source : Joan Halifax (2007). “The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom”, p.38, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Joan Halifax

#Symphony Quotes #Our World Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.”

Source : Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of conscience”
“Acting is the use of human experience with talent added ...”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
“I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.”
“As if the night had said to me, â€˜You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its armsâ€™ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.”
“In Pakistan politics is hereditary.”
“When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism”
“One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.
“At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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