"I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of someday seeing it all."

-- Joel-Peter Witkin

#Matter Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Someday Quotes

“It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.43
“In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm.”
“Act like a champion, and then become one.”
“A picture should be looked at - not talked about.”
“Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth, came Habraham, Moyses, Aron and the profettys; and also the kyng of the right line of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.”
“What difference, being a pawn for the Light or a pawn for the Dark?" "There is a great difference. One difference is that for the Dark, certainly, you are a pawn. For the Light, you are a free human being, free to make mistakes, to do wrong, even. You are free to choose, whether or not you believe it.”
“Surrender your expectations. Surrender your doubts. Surrender your fears. Surrender your strengths. Surrender your anger. Surrender your control.”

Source : Yasmine Galenorn (2008). “Darkling: An Otherworld Novel”, p.245, Penguin
“We all make mistakes. It's how we come back from the mistakes that matters.”

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