"I have but one life to give to adventure."

-- Alexander Eliot

#Adventure Quotes #Giving Quotes

“This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions. But they're only delusions. They can leave anytime. Actually there is no house to leave. There's not even any leaving. What we see are flowers in the sky, the moon in the water. As for the meditative powers of Zen masters like Hsu-yun, sometimes it's useful to meditate and sometimes it isn't.”

Source : Bill Porter (2009). “Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China”, p.328, Counterpoint Press
“The only art I'm interested in is the art I don't understand right away. If you understand it right away it really has no use except as nostalgia.”
“A fragrance that matches the personality of the man or woman who wears it is an integral part of the memory that you have of him or her. It goes without saying that it's a formidable weapon of seduction.”
“If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death and saddlin' up anyway.”
“And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs.”
“More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.”
“Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.”
“For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head.”

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