"The cells are thus the stomachs of which the plant has millions like mouths."

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Source : Lorenz Oken (1847). “Elements of Physiophilosophy”, p.264

Lorenz Oken

#Cells Quotes #Mouths Quotes #Plant Quotes

“Whereas Freud was for the most part concerned with the morbid effects of unconscious repression, Jung was more interested in the manifestations of unconscious expression, first in the dream and eventually in all the more orderly products of religion and art and morals.”
“A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and over again. What is essential, and also incredibly transforming, is realizing that we have the ability to begin again, without blaming or judging ourselves, without thinking we have failed, without losing heart, we can, and need to, constantly be beginning again.”
“Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!”
“The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect.”

Source : "Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof : a Life in Letters and Documents". Book by Arshile Gorky, 2009.
“All things are delicately interconnected.”

Source : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
“What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles away, and perished years ago. So the object of many a tender thought may be spiritually present, in defiance of space - and fond recollections cherished in defiance of time.”

Source : Samuel Lover, John PROCTOR (Artist) (1863). “Handy Andy: a tale of Irish life ... With eleven illustrations by John Proctor”, p.160
“The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.”

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