"The desire to impress others is one of the worst forms of mental imprisonment."

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Source : Robert Ringer (2004). “Action!: Nothing Happens Until Something Moves”, p.189, Rowman & Littlefield

Robert Ringer

#Fashion Quotes #Desire Quotes #Form Quotes

“Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the structures and patterns of music, human beings have developed no mathematical equivalent to a pair of ears. Mathematics can only be "seen" with the "eyes of the mind". It is as if we had no sense of hearing, so that only someone able to sight read music would be able to appreciate its patterns and harmonies.”
“I think the way I look at things gives me a different perspective. I'm most valuable when I work with a team of bright people who complement my weaknesses with their strengths.”
“I believe that President Obama is here for a reason, but that doesn't mean that he has to stay there next year. The American people have an opportunity to have a say and so I think we just have to do what we think is right - and see what the outcome is. God's got a plan.”
“Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.”
“To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the rest becomes a husk that blows away.”

Source : Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 1, 2003.
“Everything we will ever need, we already have within us.”
“There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.”
“From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended.”

Source : "Atonement". Book by Ian Mcewan, www.sfgate.com. 2001.

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