"Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a long time, like crystals growing, or minds changing, or leaves turning. The trick is to keep an eye peeled, so they don't slip by unappreciated."

-- Ken Kesey

#Eye Quotes #Night Quotes #Long Quotes

“This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.”

Source : "Voight: My Concerns for America". www.washingtontimes.com. July 28, 2008.
“If you are willing to take an instant to withdraw attention from whatever your internal dialogue is, to withdraw energy from whatever the latest point of view about your suffering is, it is immediately obvious what is here: the fullness, the richness and the love of oneself as conscious life.”
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”

Source : William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.448
“Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
“Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.”
“When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about.”
“Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don't go into yours, you don't go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.”

Source : "Dirty Dancing". www.imdb.com. 1987.
“The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.”

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