"And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them."

-- John Steinbeck

#People Quotes #Listening Quotes #Gathering Quotes

“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

Source : Wendell Berry (2012). “New Collected Poems”, p.79, Counterpoint Press
“If you canâ€™t change the world with chocolate chip cookies, how can you change the world?”
“The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?”
“For God's sake, Stiff," he says. "You don't have to follow me," I say staring at the maze of bars above me. I shove my foot onto the place where two bars cross and push myself up, grabbing another bar in the process. I sway for a second, my heart beating so hard I can't feel anything else. Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. "Yes, I do," he says.”
“Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.”
“I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.”
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
“Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.”

Source : Rachel Field (1946). “And Now Tomorrow”

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