"As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Ah, whimsical. It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. As is what I do is acting on a 'whim'. If only these were gifts from God when I get an idea, but everything I have done that I really love has had a lot of hard work behind it.”
“For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and the sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a mission. It is my religion and my dharma.”
“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”

Source : Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Essays”, p.401, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
“If you're not frustrated that you're not playingÂ footballÂ then you shouldn't be playingÂ football”
“Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It began to supersede deipnosophy as my favorite hobby.”

Source : "Beyond peace and quiet" by Sara Maitland, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.
“I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.”
“Itâ€™s true that the mind is where all ideas are born, but the body is the tool that translates and expresses those ideas to the wider world. It is nothing but a vehicle for our greater creative purpose but if we donâ€™t give it fuel and keep it in good working order it instead becomes another obstacle to transcend, a physical one, as well as the many million fictitious mental ones that society presents.”
“I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don't think I will. I certainly don't think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she's been patiently waiting for Volume 2 of my chronicle of the life of her and Ronnie.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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