"For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life."

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Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days”

Lizette Woodworth Reese

#Spiritual Quotes #Art Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“The mistake many people make when they go to a bespoke tailor is they often think they need to do something special - either an interesting design feature, or a particularly interesting or unique-looking cloth. I say do the opposite. Stick to something really simple, because this will be a suit that you will really want to wear, so start with something very straightforward and you will get an enormous amount of joy wearing it.”
“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”
“You are so much more, than your orientation, you know it and I know it.”
“After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given moment, all the while pretending that theyâ€™d actually made some sort of choice.”

Source : Tom Perrotta (2007). “Little Children: A Novel”, p.8, Macmillan
“Unfortunately, it is all too often true that suppressors to a creative action must be removed before construction and creation takes place. Any person very high on the Tone Scale may level destruction toward a suppressor.”
“You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.”
“You are my koala bear, and I am your tree.”
“Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.”

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