"We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason."

-- Iris Murdoch

#Light Quotes #Self Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime.”
“I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”

Source : "The Definitive Imagined Emma Watson Commencement Speech" by Katie Calautti, www.mtv.com. May 26, 2014.
“Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh.”
“I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to tell their story about the revolution through the eyes of musicians, in fact. The '59 Revolution. And what has happened to them since. It's very much a Cuban story. They haven't fared too well.”
“Kittredge had obviously misjudged her, but he had learned that was the way with most people. The story was never the story, and it surprised you, how much another person could carry.”
“I'm learning on the guitar all the time.”
“Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.”
“We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.”

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