"Who has told you that the fruit belies the flower? For the fruit you have not tasted, and the flower you know but by report."

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Source : Lady Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu, Arthur Waley (2000). “The Tale of Genji”, p.9, Courier Corporation

Murasaki Shikibu

#Flower Quotes #Fruit Quotes

“I am for who i was in the beginning but now is present and i exist in the future.”
“Since Pawlow [Pavlov] and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic signals, it no longer seems strange to us that what the philosopher terms an 'idea' is a process which can cause chemical changes in the body.”
“Life is cruel? Compared to what?”
“It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.”
“Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day.”
“I didnt develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.”
“I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.”
“When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.”

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