"This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling."

-- Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Morning Quotes #Heart Quotes #Calling Quotes

“My intention was to create a work of art which would transcend the visible, which cannot be perceived except in stages, with the understanding that it is a partial revelation and not the perpetuation of the existing. My aim is to show what can be seen within the limits of possibility which exists in the midst of coming into being.”

Source : Yaacov Agam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1980). “Homage to Yaacov Agam: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibition, 1980”, Book Sales
“She'd never in her whole life bunked school, smoked dope, or kissed a boy whose name she didn't know, and yet in the last few days, she'd done all these things.”
“The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.”
“The autonomy of the individual appears to be complemented & enhanced by the movement of the group; while the effectiveness of the group seems to depend on the freedom of the individual.”
“Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like”
“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.”
“I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love.”
“All things I thought I knew; but now confess The more I know, I know, I know the less.”

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