"A sort of egotistical self-evaluation is unavoidable in those joys in which erudition and art mingle and in which aesthetic pleasure may become more acute, but not remain as pure."

-- Marcel Proust

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I feel lucky to be in whatever I'm in. I feel lucky to be working.”

Source : "Anton Yelchin "Crazy" about improv movie". Interview with Daniel Miller, www.reuters.com. January 24, 2011.
“Accept and allow. This is the key to living a life full of Love.”

Source : Chris Johnson (2013). “It's About You!: Know Your Self”, p.317, John Hunt Publishing
“I think you will agree the sign of a civilised society is a regular dining schedule.”
“I talk to my inner lover, and I say, why such rush? We sense that there is some sort of spirit that loves birds and animals and the ants- perhaps the same one who gave a radiance to you in your mother's womb. Is it logical you would be walking around entirely orphaned now? The truth is you turned away yourself, and decided to go into the dark alone. Now you are tangled up in others, and have forgotten what you once knew, and that's why everything you do has some weird sense of failure in it.”
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.”
“I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.”
“We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.”

Source : Emmitt Smith (2011). “Game On: Find Your Purpose--Pursue Your Dream”, p.3, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“When a person looks through a colored lens, everything seems to be that color. If the lens is tinted yellow or blue, everything seems yellow or blue. A person who looks at life through the lens of gratitude will always find things to be grateful for.”

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