"The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any difference between the internal and the external, between the intellectual and the physical."

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Source : Eugenio Montale (1976). “Poet in our time”, Calder Publications

Eugenio Montale

#Responsibility Quotes #Differences Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy.”
“Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection.”

Source : Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.63, ReadHowYouWant.com
“A lot of bands don't really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a different aspect of a band. They don't really like each other - they work together and they kinda exist together and that's how they like it. They're like, "we didn't get into this band looking for friends."”

Source : Source: www.rollingstone.com
“Whatever you're ready for is ready for you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mark Victor Hansen from Jul 28, 2010
“The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.”

Source : Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult
“Pay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath. When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of 'something' becomes - just awareness. The formless dimension of pure conciousness arises from within you and replaces identification with form.”
“Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.”

Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.100, Read Books Ltd
“Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.”

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