"Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died."

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Source : Giacomo Meyerbeer, Heinz Becker, Gudrun Becker (1989). “Giacomo Meyerbeer, a life in letters”, Timber Pr

Giacomo Meyerbeer

#Names Quotes #Promise Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“...what was it like out there? Kind of describe it to us," Jessa says, beaming at them and then at me. Trini beams at her and there's a lot of beaming happening.”
“Although my everyday artwork is tattoo oriented, I definitely do not try to limit my art or art mediums.”
“Silence is the foundation of truth. Words are most meaningful when they emerge from silence and when they are received by a quiet mind.”
“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.”
“We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.”

Source : Calamity Jane (1896). “Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane”
“one day I'll be old, without ever having really been young”
“The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.”
“Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions. It sanctified, quite like Mohammedism, extermination and tyranny. All this would have been impossible if, like Buddhism, it had looked only for peace and the liberation of souls. It looked beyond; it dreamt of infinite blisses and crowns it should be crowned with before an electrified universe and an applauding God... Buddhism had tried to quiet a sick world with anesthetics; Christianity sought to purge it with fire.”

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