"Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence comfort me."

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Arvo Part

#Silence Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Moments Quotes

“The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.”
“It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.”
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”

Source : Song: Secret O' Life, Album: JT, 1977
“Today. This bright new day that awaits us”
“Before things are written down they don't exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.”
“Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.”

Source : Craig Claiborne (1994). “Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia”, Outlet
“The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.”

Source : Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.441, Psychology Press
“If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.”

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