"Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature"

-- Idries Shah

#Spiritual Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.”
“I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City.”
“I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes.”
“So where are they moving today? They're going to move to be meaner to immigrants in order to bring their conference together.”
“I had a very active imagination as a kid, and I was constantly performing, whether I was making money doing it or not, whether it was on a stage in front of 1,000 people or in the living room in front of my family.”

Source : "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Laura Bell Bundy". Interview with Robert Simonson, www.playbill.com. March 13, 2007.
“I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.”
“Jabor finally appeared at the top of the stairs, sparks of flame radiating from his body and igniting the fabric of the house around him. He caught sight of the boy, reached out his hand and stepped forward. And banged his head nicely on the low-slung attic door.”
“I do not see in what way the face of a man should be a less interesting landscape than any other. A man, the physical person of a man, is a little world, like any other a country, with its towns, and suburbs.. ..As a rule what is needed in a portrait is a great deal of the general, and very little of the particular.”

Source : "Prospectus et tous écrits suivants, Vol. II". Book by Jean Dubuffet, p. 63-73, 1967.

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