"Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual, a man without name or country, a man whom I respect because he has absolutely nothing in common with you - MYSELF. Tonight I shall meditate upon that which I am."

-- Henry Miller

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.”
“I just want to make different movies. I want them to be things that I care about and not to repeat myself.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.”
“Deep in every heart slumbers a dream”
“Our need to reimagine our world through the vibratory larynx, that's what matters. Re-awaken the world to itself. Through ideas, pictures, sounds. Hold the mirror up to "nature."”

Source : "Push, Push Against The Darkness: An Interview With Anne Waldman On The Iovis Trilogy". Interview with Jim Cohn, www.raintaxi.com. 2012.
“I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.”

Source : Leonardo Sciascia, Marcelle Padovani, James Marcus (1994). “Sicily as metaphor”, Marlboro Pr
“It took a lot of courage to take the high road, but I would rather be significant with six million people watching a show with meaning, than everyone watching a show with no meaning.”
“Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.”

Source : Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1890). “Ordination Addresses and Counsels to Clergy”

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