"Rather, it is the opening or the interruption that allows us to experience what is hidden, and to accept with our hearts our given situation. When film does this, when it subverts our absorption in the temporal and reveals the depths of our own reality, it opens us to a fuller sense of ourselves and our world. It is alive as a devotional form."

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Source : Nathaniel Dorsky (2003). “Devotional Cinema”

Nathaniel Dorsky

#Heart Quotes #Reality Quotes #Our World Quotes

“For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.”

Source : "The talented Ms Highsmith", www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2000.
“The problem in Burma is the problem in Egypt, the problem you refer to in Yemen, and the problem in a lot of these countries in the world: that you can get stuck in the process of transition, in whatâ€™s been called a competitive authoritarianâ€¦ a pseudo democratic regime.”
“Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.”

Source : Pierre Bayle, Richard Henry Popkin, Craig Brush (1991). “Historical and Critical Dictionary: Selections”, p.147, Hackett Publishing
“I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. they say it closely resembles death.”
“History is a bucket of ashes.”
“Having my foundation be from two positive black role models in my life, my mom and my dad, two strong-minded intelligent individuals who clearly have made a great deal of great decisions in their lives and put me in a position, via educational institutions, to be around other intelligent people and to have a strong moral foundation, from which I try to never stray far. It all spurred me to carve out my own little niche as a human being.”
“Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home”
“None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.”

Source : Benjamin Whichcote (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter”, p.95

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