"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets."

-- Sun Ra

#Space Quotes #Chicago Quotes #Outer Space Quotes

“I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.”
“Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.”

Source : Rafe Martin (2011). “Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life”, p.43, North Atlantic Books
“It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level, They talked about Michael Jordan and said he didn't have a jump shot. They say the same thing about me ? I can't throw the football and all that. Say whatever you want about me. It makes me strive harder.”
“The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.”
“If the soul be pure, then shall she obtain favor and rejoice in the latter day; but if she hath been defiled, then shall she wander for a time in pain and despair.”
“From the great trees the locusts cry In quavering ecstatic duo-a boy Shouts a wild call-a mourning dove In the blue distance sobs-the wind Wanders by, heavy with odors Of corn and wheat and melon vines; The trees tremble with delirious joy as the breeze Greets them, one by one-now the oak Now the great sycamore, now the elm.”

Source : Hamlin Garland (1961). “Boy Life on the Prairie”, p.178, U of Nebraska Press
“It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.”
“Even if we could turn back, we'd probably never end up where we started.”

Source : FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Sep 09, 2015

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