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“Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.”
Source : Robert Schumann (2016). “Letters of Robert Schumann”, p.9, Ravenio Books
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“The unconscious mind is way bigger than the conscious mind. Using tools to access its wisdom and self-organizing features is powerful medicine.”
Source : Source: www.psychologyart.com
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“Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.”
Source : "Teach arts and sciences together". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2002.
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“I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery, I thought I was going to die. On March 7th, 1965, when I was hit in the head with a night stick by a State Trooper at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death, but nothing can make me question the philosophy of nonviolence.”
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“Obviously the way people watch TV has changed so much, too, that it's not necessarily about the ratings anymore. There's a different kind of time lapse; you put it out there and people absorb it at their speed, not just on Monday night at eight.”
Source : "Alia Shawkat" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2016.
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“I will sing in San Francisco if I have to sing in the streets, for I know that the streets of San Francisco are free.”
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“Day, after day, after glorious day, I was falling in love with books.....”
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“Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards.”