"Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world."

-- D.T. Suzuki

#Art Quotes #Essence Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.”
“Take your duty, and be strong in it, as God will make you strong. The harder it is, the stronger in fact you will be. Understand, also, that the great question here is, not what you will get, but what you will become. The greatest wealth you can ever get will be in yourself. Take your burdens and troubles and losses and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunity, knowing that God has girded you for greater things than these.”

Source : Horace Bushnell (1876). “Sermons for the New Life”, p.28
“Today it seems to be the other way around.”
“Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.”
“For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.”
“I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being in that atmosphere.”
“Take someone NEW AND WEIRD to lunch today”
“I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.”

Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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