"The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us."

-- Jean Paul

#Inspirational Quotes #Angel Quotes #Sight Quotes

“One thing I've discovered is that I never think of something that didn't work out as just "something that didn't work out." I think so often with investigative work, things that initially look like failures wind up leading to your biggest stories.”
“To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.”
“As the world grapples with more efficient ways of managing time, it lures us into more and more earthly pursuits. But life is not a struggle with time - it is a struggle between good and evil.”
“In America ... the seven ages of man have become preschooler, Pepsi generation, baby boomer, mid-lifer, empty-nester, senior citizen, and organ donor.”
“Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.”

Source : Song: The House You Live In, Album: Summertime Dream
“The child should love everything he learns. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear. Once this love has been kindled, all problems confronting the educationalist will disappear.”
“Coincidentally, a good age for a Japanese girl is younger than twenty five, because that's when she turns into a 'Christmas Cake'. Christmas cakes, as everyone knows, are desirable before the twenty fifth but afterward quickly become stale and are put on the shelf.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.96, Canongate Books
“It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of the Jews ... The Jews have never produced a true poet. Heinrich Heine reached the point where he duped himself into a poet, and was rewarded by his versified lies being set to music by our own composers. He was the conscience of Judaism, just as Judaism is the evil conscience of our modern civilization.”

Source : "'Das Judenthum in der Musik' ('Judaism in Music')". Essay by Richard Wagner, 1850.

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