"They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but us sheep know, true beauty is not in the eye: it lives in the mind."

“The conscious mind is not at the center of the action in the brain; instead, it is far out on a distant edge, hearing but whispers of the activity.”

“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”

“I was really psyched about crooner types like Frank Sinatra or Scott Walker. Something that comes more from the stomach than the throat. There's an emotional thrust to singing that way that I wanted to try on my own. I can't really sing deep and strong like that, but I wanted to just aim in that direction.”

“I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.”

“Something to remember, that: cats for missiles.”

“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.”

“A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.”

“I think I am in my last days, but it doesn't really matter because I have had such a beautiful life.  I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times - including my husband, my mother and my beloved son.  Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy.  I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.  Life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful.  Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.”

Source : "Alice Herz-Sommer: 'Everything we experience is a gift we should pass on'" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2014.