"The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

#Voice Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Taught Quotes

“Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act out your dreams.”
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
“Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it. . . . What frustrates us and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning. . . . Does our being alive matter?”
“The firmest purpose of a woman's heart to well-timed, artful flattery may yield.”
“The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.”
“Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.”
“Self-care means accepting some risk, and accepting much responsibility. It is not for all people or all cases.”

Source : Andrew Saul, Ph.D. (2009). “Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing That Works: Easyread Edition”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”

Source : In National Observer 1 July 1963

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