"Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are."

-- Martha Grimes

#Silence Quotes #Way Quotes #Okay Quotes

“If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but in deeper places. Happiness depends in the last issue, as we saw, on the essential view of life. It is not a matter of distractions, nor even of mere pleasurable sensations. There may be an appearance of great prosperity with incurable sadness hidden at the heart, as there is an outward peace which is only a well-masked despair. The way to happiness is indeed harder than the way to success; for its chief enemies entrench themselves within the soul.”

Source : Hugh Black (1911). “Happiness”
“The purer the artist's 'mirror' is, the more true reality reflects in it. Overseeing the historical culture of art, we must conclude that the mirror only slowly is purified. Time producing this purifying shows a gradual, more constant and objective image of reality.”
“Everyone does what they can to avoid thinking. Laziness is the most basic human trait. People don't want to think -- they can't make the connection between entertainment and thought, they want immediate kicks. People will not be human until they get pleasure from thought. Only a thinking person can be a full person.”
“One should do nothing other than what is directly or indirectly of benefit to living beings.”
“I live in an atmosphere of music.”
“I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.”
“I did rhythmic gymnastics and I absolutely adored it. I was in the squad for Sussex. I wasn't stupendous, but it was something that I was good at and I really loved the combination of discipline and expression. That, to me, was just dreamy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.”

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