"I have achieved the 'sacred' pilgrimage to Ktaadn MT - exceeding all my expectations so far that I am sort of helpless with words. I feel as if I have seen God for the first time, and find him so nonchalantly solemn."

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Source : Letter to Adelaide Kuntz; as cited in "Marsden Hartley", by Gail R. Scott, 1988, p. 130, October 24, 1939.

Marsden Hartley

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“What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.”

Source : Edwin Arnold (2015). “Collected Works of Edwin Arnold: Buddhism and Hinduism Studies, Poetry & Plays (Unabridged): The Essence of Buddhism, Light of the World, The Light of Asia, The Song Celestial, Indian Poetry, Hindu Literature, The Japanese Wife, Death--And Afterwards…”, p.312, e-artnow
“I was a child actor, so when I started filming when I was five years old, it was a long time ago.”

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“A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.”
“Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.555, Ravenio Books
“Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for a rhyme.”
“I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.”
“Policy makers have plainly failed both here in the United States and in Europe as well. People who have suffered because of that. And when they say, "Throw out economists, we don't trust economists anymore," you can totally understand why.”

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“I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.”

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