"The true essence of Chinese culture is sophistication, refinement, the spirit of poetry. The spirit of ink painting and calligraphy lives on forever. Calligraphy is more important than painting. Chinese always consider nature. Man is a very small part of nature. That's why in Chinese painting you see huge mountains and man very small, very humble before nature. You must be harmonious and one with nature. You don't fight it. And then there's a bit of a poetry. Of course, it's very complicated, but also very simple."

-- Michael Chow

#Humble Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Simple Quotes

“I learned I could live more than one life in a lifetime.”

Source : Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople
“If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.”

Source : Linda Ellerbee (2005). “Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table”, Putnam Adult
“If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.”
“I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing.”
“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”
“Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.”

Source : Willard Scott (1988). “America Is My Neighborhood”, Thorndike Pr
“All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. It's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”

Source : "U.S. Rep. Paul Broun: Evolution a lie 'from the pit of hell'" by Matt Pearce, articles.latimes.com. October 07, 2012.
“â€¦I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. There are peopleâ€¦who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are on an island, a little world surrounded by the sea, fills them with an indescribable intoxication. These born â€œislomanesâ€â€¦are direct descendents of the Atlanteans”

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