"I perceive a necessary gap between seeing and being. I would not be able to have said certain things if I had been under the obligation to unify the word and the deed. As it is I can let my words reach out and net impossible things - things that are impossible for me to do. And this is a way to pay the price for saying or seeing things."

-- Norman O. Brown

#Deeds Quotes #Pay Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.”
“My life is perfect even when it's not.”
“... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!”
“The Art of Vermeer must have been there on the morning of creation.”
“Though we feel extremely connected through all this technology [social networks], there's also this disconnect that happens. Because you're not actually talking to anyone. You're not actually meeting them for coffee. To me, social media is about "you". It's like, "Well, twenty people like this thing I said", so that's about me.”
“What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.”
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“The absolute truth is that the 'I' is perfect and complete; the real 'I' is spiritual and can therefor never be less than perfect; it can never have any lack, limitation, or disease.”

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