"You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF."

-- A. R. Ammons

#Life Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Mind Quotes

“America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.”
“Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.”

Source : Joseph Butler, Joseph McKee (1847). “The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature”, p.69
“Thou art a woman, And that is saying the best and worst of thee.”
“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.”
“I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.”
“The closure of the book is an illusion largely created by its materiality, its cover. Once the book is considered on the plane of its significance, it threatens infinity.”

Source : Susan Stewart (1984). “On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection”, p.38, Duke University Press
“I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world as he illuminated it, the light in my own mind rekindled.”
“I have to humbly say people really like the bad guys.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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