"Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, nameless, and undefined."

-- E. L. Doctorow

#Territory Quotes #Clay Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Love emerges at the point of a lacking word, and one offers one's being to fill the lack.”
“Do you suppose there's any difference between spring in nature and spring in man? But there we go, praising the one and condemning the other as improper, ashamed that the same laws work eternally through both.”
“I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.”
“The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.”
“Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.”
“For me, and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefiled panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness.”
“Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise”

Source : "Neverness". Book by David Zindell, 1988.

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