"Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them."

-- Epictetus

#Best Wishes Quotes #Wish Quotes #Ecstasy Quotes

“Stories are like a river that flows - you dip a bucket in it”
“That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.”
“How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make - leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone - we all dwell in a house of one room - the world with the firmament for its roof - and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.”
“If you want to get along, go along.”

Source : Quoted in Neil MacNeil, Forge of Democracy, the House of Representatives (1963). This was Speaker of the House of Representatives Rayburn's advice to new members of Congress.
“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.”
“As with other movements of the spirit, simplicity can be both a cause and an effect. As a spiritual path develops, so there is a yearning for a simpler life; as we simplify our life, so the inner voice becomes clearer.”

Source : Jennifer Kavanagh (2011). “Simplicity Made Easy”, p.9, John Hunt Publishing
“My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.”
“Every single frame, every single shot in the movie, has a digital effect.”

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