"The vision of an entire world becoming just like us is at least as discomfiting as the thought that most of it won't."

-- Eva Hoffman

#Perception Quotes #Vision Quotes #World Quotes

“Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work, though their relationships, and by how they choose to meet unavoidable suffering. Every life brings hardship and trial, and every life also offers deep possibilities for meaningful work and love... I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin.”
“If there were a Mount Rushmore of American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they'd carve it from”
“The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.”
“You are thirty minutes late." "Yes." "Would you be thirty minutes late to a wedding or a funeral?" "No." "Why not, pray tell?" "Well, if the funeral was mine I'd have to be on time. If the wedding was mine it would be my funeral.”
“A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.”
“Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame -or one that is conducive to loving-kindness.”
“The actual making of the records obviously have everything to do with each other, because I made them one day after the other, alternating doing it.”
“If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.”

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