"The demons are innumerable, arrive at the most inappropriate times and create panic and terror... but I have learned that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage.... Lilies often grow out of carcasses' arseholes."

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Source : "Bergman talks of his dreams and demons in rare interview". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2011.

Ingmar Bergman

#Arseholes Quotes #Lilies Quotes #Panic Quotes

“Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.”
“A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.”
“As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there have been philosophers and they have thought, most of them have tried to mask it.”
“I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.”
“He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.”
“Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.”
“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”
“Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.”

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