"I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal."

-- Youssou N'Dour

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Culture Quotes

“The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the making and serving of a cup of tea. The supremely important matter is that the act be performed in the most perfect, most polite, most graceful, most charming manner possible.”

Source : Lafcadio Hearn (2005). “Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation”, p.390, Cosimo, Inc.
“In loss itself I find assuagement: having lost the treasure, I've nothing to fear.”
“Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.”

Source : "Naomi Campbell Dodges ‘Angry Black Woman’ Label Despite Reporter’s Fearless Attempt" By Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2013.
“It's really important to me to go to church, which is sometimes tough when I get back from road trips late on Saturday night, but I try to make it a priority to go every week.”
“If you intend to make a living at drawing, by all means learn it [the rules of perspective] now, and do not have them bothering you and your work for the rest of your life.”
“You don't inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them by showing them how amazing they are.”
“All the people I hung out with were musicians.”
“I used to always read my stuff. And I could never understand why artists would say, 'Oh, I can't read my older stuff.' I'd go, 'Are you crazy? I could read my stuff forever!' Now it's a little harder.”

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