"Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards."

-- Galileo Galilei

#Essence Quotes #Names Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I want to stay close to the groove of people's individual human stories. I can't see that there's anything more interesting than that. That's just me. That's what I do.”
“Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.”
“Understanding Meronian - my own language - is a psychic process which succeeds when we break through the boundaries of comprehension and reach for what's beyond our limited perception. Its ambiguousness is related to the ambiguousness of music, and it doesn't guide us too much towards semantic domains. It contains all the necessary meaning required in our rock music.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“History is a stern judge.”
“Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.”
“Gangs have always existed - they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the outer world (outside of home) that most tribal groupings addressed with rituals, rites of passage, initiation ceremonies. We’ve lost this knowledge as a culture.”

Source : Interview with Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, www.epl.org. June 29, 2011.
“If we die without making peace with God through His precious blood which was shed for us on the cross surely we shall end up in hellfire.”
“Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.”

Source : Kobayashi Issa, “Even With Insects”

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