"You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul."

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Source : Gabriela Mistral, Doris Dana (1971). “Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Gabriela Mistral

#Giving Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.73, Penguin
“Sometimes offensive players get turned into defensive players, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but for me I need a chance to play more offense.”
“If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and how to be flexible and to collaborate and compromise, and that may yield a creative outcome.”

Source : "Executive Life; Learning Teamwork By Making Music" by Amy Zipkin, www.nytimes.com. November 16, 2003.
“I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.”
“I'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.”
“I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.”

Source : "Paddy Considine: 'Making this film felt like an exorcism'". Interview with Killian Fox, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2011.
“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.”
“Based on my experience, I've seen where unity amongst the races has yielded positive results. I don't see any other way for people to gain freedom, justice, and equality here except by being internationalist.”

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