"Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others."

-- Brennan Manning

#Solitude Quotes #Identity Quotes #Speech Quotes

“You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to the mind that needs desperate repose or pointed inquiry, to the heart that needs invitation to flight or silent understanding, and to the soul that needs safe landing, or fearless, relentless enlightenment.”

Source : Joyce DiDonato's Commencement Address at the Juilliard School in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2014.
“It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches.”

Source : Walter de la Mare “The Return”, Lulu.com
“Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.”
“Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies”

Source : Robert W. Chambers (2016). “The Maker of Moons”, p.233, Robert W. Chambers
“I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.”
“It was easier to break promises when they weren't voiced.”
“Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind”
“I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.”

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