"To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, not as they appear to an animal obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and unconditionally, by Mind at Large-This is the experience of inestimable value to everyone."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Art Quotes #Animal Quotes #Perception Quotes

“There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.”
“A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.”
“Motivate the mind and set your body free!”
“You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.”
“There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.”

Source : William Cartwright, “To Chloe,Who For His Sake Wished Herself Younger”
“Sizeism = like racism, only against people who aren't a size two or four.”
“If I was told to sacrifice something to prove my devotion to God , if I was told to do what all monotheists are told to do and admire the man who said 'Yes I'll gut my kid to show my love of God.”
“It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?”

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