"Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion."

-- Jonathan Swift

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“In one African myth the word for God is even identical with skill and capacity. The Godhead is defined as that thing which appears in man as the mystery of an unusual skill or capacity. It is something divine, a spark of the divinity in him, not his own possession or achievement, but a miracle.”

Source : Marie-Louise von Franz (2017). “Creation Myths: Revised Edition”, p.110, Shambhala Publications
“From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth.”
“I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.”
“I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.”
“Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.”
“You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.”
“You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... you are more beautiful as an orphan than as your mother's son.”
“But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultless to the end. But the philosophy of worm-fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your basket when the day's work is done.”

Source : Bliss Perry (1916). “Fishing with a Worm”

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