"I finally realized that until you understand why you do things, you have no control over what you do."

-- Jamila Wideman

“At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.”

Source : Matt Ridley (2010). “The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves”, p.5, HarperCollins UK
“If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.”
“He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men.”
“I build the individual modules to meet a demand. If I need the music to change direction, I want to have the tools to be able to do that.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity of it lies in the fact that a thousand other pictures of the same subject would have been equally easy.”
“It's perfectly okay if you don't understand every single one of them. For one thing, I make a lot of corny jokes, and you have to be 40 years old to get some of them.”
“A connection to Spirit restores your confidence, relieves your anxiety, and frees you from the desire to control everything in your life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sonia Choquette from Mar 07, 2014
“I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.”

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