"For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse."

-- Max Muller

#Horse Quotes #Self Quotes #Lord Quotes

“The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so that these countries can get their foot on the economic ladder . . . Economic development works. It can be successful. It tends to build on itself. But it must get started.”
“It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.”
“We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.”
“Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.”

Source : Sonia Sanchez (2010). “I’m Black When I’m Singing, I’m Blue When I Ain’t and Other Plays”, p.15, Duke University Press
“A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.”

Source : John Irving (1978). “The world according to Garp”, Pocket
“Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual.”
“It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do”
“I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be. So now that reality is antithetical to what I want, how I can feel into it and act skillfully rather than react? How can I choose my best course of action while not pretending I don't have the pain, or running away from the pain, or blaming someone else for the circumstances of my life?”

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